-A hibernating frog needs so little oxygen that it breathes through its skin
-Frogs cannot live in the sea or any salt water.
-The eyes and nose of a frog are on top of its head so it can breathe and see when most of its body is under the water.
-Frogs absorb water through their skin so they don't need to drink.
-Frogs can lay as many as 4,000 eggs in frog spawn.
-Common frogs vary in size depending on where they live. The biggest frog is in the Scottish Highlands.
-Certain frogs can jump up to 20 times their own body length in a single leap.
-In most species of frogs only the male croaks. Attracting a female during mating season and letting other males know there's a
new frog in town.
-The paradoxical frog of South America has tadpoles up to 10 in. long while the mature adults seldom get over 3in. They get
smaller as they age!
-In most species of frogs only the male croaks. Attracting a female during mating season and letting other males know there's a new frog in town.
-The Bull Frog is the largest frog native to North America. It can grow to 18 in. and weigh 1.2 lbs.
-At first it was thought that frogs could not throw up, but then it was discovered. It was discovered on a space mission that a
frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. The frog then uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach
back down again.
-Because frogs come out in the rain people used to think that they fell to earth in the rain and in the nineteenth century England's people tried catching them to prove it.
-All toads are frogs but not all frogs are toads.
-You cannot get warts from toads!
-The largest of all frogs can weigh up to 10 lbs. and be 26 in. long! The African Giant.
-Poison dart frogs are usually brightly colored to show predators they are deadly.
-The red-eyed tree frog lays its eggs on branches over water so the tadpoles can drop right in.
-There are over 60 species of poison dart frogs.
-Female frogs are usually larger then the males.
-Tadpoles survive mainly on algae.
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