Announcement! & Animal Jam Plants In Real Life!

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome back to a new post! 

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In this post: 

Shop Shoutout - Take a look at one of the shops in Jamaa!

Important TMR Announcement! - Stay tuned for this *very* important TMR announcement :)

Animal Jam Plants In Real Life - Journey with me through some of the Jamaa lands to find some plants in-game that are actually in real life!
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Let's get right into the post!

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To start off this Thursday's post, here's...

This week:

The Wild Explorers Tent!

Basic Info

Description: The Wild Explorers Tent is a tent-like building in Coral Canyons where you can ask Cami questions and print science experiments

Location: The highest "canyon" in Coral Canyons; to the right of the stone bridge

First Released: June 2016

Fun Facts: 

• There's a caged phantom that sits in the corner of the tent
• On one of the pintables, there's a recipe for making your own ice cream!
• When the tent was first introduced, it did not have a sign on the entrance

Images: 

Onto the big announcement...

Alright jammers. I've got some very exciting news...

TMR will continue! 

Why, you may ask? Why the sudden change of mind? 

Well, it's because Tkaranto has decided to help! Tkaranto, the author of The Animal Jam Bubble, has agreed to help keep TMR up and running!

Basically, instead of me doing an issue every month, me and Tkaranto will switch. I will be doing February's Issue and March's Issue will be written by Tkaranto! Huge thanks to them for working to keep TMR alive!

I am currently working on Feb.'s Issue, so you should expect it (for real) by the 27-28th!

Finally, last topic!

Have you ever wandered through Jamaa, admiring the nature and plants in Sarepia Forest and Coral Canyons and turning on some ambient nature music? 

WELL I HAVE, DON'T JUDGE. 

And I found out that Google Lens + some extra research actually make a great pair for a post! Here are some of my discoveries:

The first plant I wanted to try was this one. I thought the little tentacle-like leaves of the plant were fascinating :)

Apparently, this plant is either an agave (a-gaa-vay) plant or a close relative to it. It likes warm and dry environments, and is mostly found in hot regions of Mexico and the Southwestern United States! I'm honestly a big fan of this plant! 

The next plant I found while browsing Sarepia Forest. It was a little patch of leaves hidden behind a couple of trees. I highly suspected it was a fern from the way the leaves were shaped and the texture was on the outline of them. 

Sure enough, it was a fern (did not specify the type of fern, though :l) Ferns can live in a wide variety of environments, from remote elevations, to dry desert plains. This is a pretty neat plant, to be honest! 

The next plant was one I found in the Lost Temple of Zios! It looked like a patch of long, tall grass and I was curious what it would come up as. 

Well, according to Google Lens, it's a type of Wheatgrass! Surprisingly, it's not only just some wild grass. There are organic Wheatgrass powders, too, which are packed with nutrients and vitamins! Whadaya know? A plant that can be wild and edible :P

The final plant I investigated in today was a little patch of yellow flowers (ignore the horrific amount of space between the pictures and text; layout probs) I had no clue what kind they were, so into Google they went! 

Whoa. Get ready for this one. According to Google, we are looking at Oenothera pilosella, an ornamental garden plant that is native to the United States and Canada! I'm not sure Google's one hundred percent correct; it could just be a random yellow flower that AJ just added for decoration xD But I think it's the closest real species :)

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Aaaaandd that will wrap up today's post!

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!