In our ‘Wild Alaska’ issue, we asked you to design a global warming monster. What powerful and thought-provoking drawings you sent us! Thank you to everyone who entered the competition.

“I decided to make a cloud monster that changes the climate. EcoBreaker has many powers and gadgets to destroy Earth. He eats coal, then blows smoke, causing pollution and thinning the ozone layer. The blade is to cut down trees so we have less oxygen. His fire hand is to make forest fires to scare animals to show who is boss.”



“I made a fire monster – it is heating up the world. I drew an aeroplane, which made the monster angry, and a tree and a person who is sad.”











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You've been designing brilliant new contenders for the Astonishing Amazon Animal Showdown – piranhas with jaws that regrow in whole quarters, a hoatzin that ferments its dinner in a throat pouch, a tailless whip scorpion that senses danger through its legs, and a jaguar with one of the most powerful bites of any mammal. Thank you to every reader who did the research and made the case for their champion.
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