A jungle adventure series by Uncle Jay

Storm’s Trails & TailsSix explorers. One wild jungle.

Hand-crafted coloring adventures that grow up with you, from first crayons to intricate art worth framing.

Meet the crew

Every trail needs a crew

Each explorer is based on a real animal, and the real ones are wilder than you'd think.

The Leader

Gray wolf

A cool wolf pup with swirl markings, a blue scarf and a backpack. Storm leads the crew on every quest, and his big dream is a brand new den.

Real-life cool facts

A wolf’s howl can carry up to 10 miles across open land, because a howl is low-pitched and long, and low, steady sounds travel much farther than short, high ones.
Every wolf has its own voice. Each howl has its own pitch and pattern, so packmates can tell who’s calling, and a whole pack howling in harmony sounds bigger than it really is.
Wolves can close one nostril and keep breathing through the other, giving their brain more time to read a smell.

The Pilot

Bluebird

A sweet blue bird with an orange chest and aviator goggles. She spots the trail from high above the trees, and she’s Storm’s best buddy.

Real-life cool facts

Bluebirds have no blue pigment at all. Their feathers hold a sponge of keratin with tiny air bubbles lined up so precisely that only blue light bounces back to your eyes. The other colors cancel out.
Underneath that layer is dark melanin pigment that soaks up the leftover light.
Bluebirds can spot a tiny insect from 60 feet or more away. That’s why they sit on fences and wires, scanning the grass before swooping down.

The Brave One

Monkey

This monkey swings first and asks questions later. He loves bananas and banging on his bongos.

Real-life cool facts

Capuchins have one of the biggest brains for their body size of any primate. That big brain helps them solve tricky food puzzles, like digging bugs out of bark or opening hard fruit.
A capuchin’s tail works like a safety rope. It is furry all the way to the tip and can’t hold the monkey up alone for long, but it wraps around branches to anchor him while he climbs and keeps him from falling while he sleeps.
Capuchins can walk on two legs for short trips. Standing up frees their hands, so they can carry food or stones through the forest.

The Smart One

Tiger

A tiger cub who’s super smart, funny and always smiling. He’s got a fact (or a joke) for everything.

Real-life cool facts

Tiger stripes aren’t just on the fur. The pattern is in the skin itself, so a shaved tiger would still be striped.
A tiger’s tongue is covered in tiny backward-pointing hooks, like a rough file, that help it strip fur, feathers and meat from its food.
Tigers can sprint at up to 65 km/h (about 40 mph), but only in short bursts. That’s why they sneak up close before they pounce.

The Hugger

Red panda

A spunky, smart and loving red panda who’s quick to pounce with a big hug, and she plays a mean guitar.

Real-life cool facts

Red pandas have a “fake thumb.” It isn’t a real finger. It’s a stretched wrist bone that sticks out so they can grip bamboo while they eat.
They can climb down trees head first, because their ankles are super flexible and one leg bone can rotate, letting their feet turn backward to grip the bark.
They have scent glands between their footpads that leave a smell trail as they walk. It tells other red pandas “this spot is taken,” and humans can’t even smell it.

The Bubbly One

Chameleon

A bubbly, chatty, spontaneous chameleon who’s everybody’s friend. Can you find where she’s hiding?

Real-life cool facts

A tiny chameleon’s tongue speeds up from 0 to 60 mph in one hundredth of a second, faster than any sports car. Muscles can’t move that fast on their own. The tongue stores energy in stretchy tissue first, then lets it go all at once.
Some chameleons can shoot their tongue out to 2.5 times their body length, because the tongue sits folded up like an accordion inside the mouth.
Smaller chameleons have the most powerful tongues for their size, since their tongue muscles are bigger compared to their bodies.

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