Transcript: A Visit to Yellowstone

LAURA B.: Hi, I’m Laura B from Mammoth Hot Springs, WY. What’s Up in Yellowstone National Park?! Yellowstone was the country’s first national park. Back when it was established in 1872. Almost three million people come here every year.

Yellowstone Park covers almost 2.25 million acres. Within the boundaries of this park, there are miles of rivers, acres of lakes, and over two hundred waterfalls. Yellowstone has almost 10,000 thermo features and 4 different kinds: geysers, hot springs, fumaroles or steam vents and mud pots.

There are over three hundred geysers in Yellowstone. Old Faithful is known for how faithful it is. It goes off almost every 90 minutes and everyone in the park sees it. Old Faithful shoots up an average of 130 feet and even goes as high as 180 feet.

This beautiful hot spring behind me is called Grand Prismatic. Many people think it’s a swimming pool but if you went swimming in it you’d be fried to a crisp. The beautiful colors come from the bacteria that live in very hot temperatures.

This is a herd of elk. Elk are the long land animals in North America that have ivory. Right here (pointing to her incisor teeth).

The American Bison, the symbol of the west is the largest land mammal in the park. They’re bigger than a bear and heavier than a moose.

This is a big bull bison. It’s rolling o the dust to keep the bugs off.

I like Yellowstone because I can always learn about plants or animals. There’s always new things to learn. Bye!