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Nov 2023
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Kid News This Week: Wild “super pigs,” a...

LEELA SIVASANKAR PRICKITT, LYNDEE PRICKITT
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In world news this week… Wild “super pigs” are on the rampage in North America, bears are on attack in rural Japan, blue whales return home to the Indian Ocean and a green mamba venomous snake is on the loose in the Netherlands - all that and more this week!

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