While doing research on frogs for this weeks frog dissection, I was slightly side-tracked by interesting frog facts. Did you know that the world record for the longest jumping frog is Rosie the Ribeter? Rosie reportedly jumped more than 2.1 meters in a single hop at the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in 1986. Holy cow!
When scientists tried to get their frogs to jump in the lab, the scientists could only get the frogs to jump about 1 meter. Were the scientists doing something wrong? Were the frogs nervous in the lab? You are more than welcome to read the article below to find these answers.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131016213042.htm
Your discussion assignment this week is to find an interesting fact about frogs and briefly describe it like I did above. In order to receive full credit, I need you to provide the website or source where you found your interesting fact.
A frog sheds its skin about once a week then pulls it off, and usually eats it.
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Discovered by and named after the famous Charles Darwin, Darwin’s frog has an unusual method of giving birth. A male frog swallows eggs that were laid by a female and the tadpoles grow in the male’s enlarged vocal sac. Once they are fully developed, they hop out of the male’s mouth as little baby frogs. Weird, huh? I found this fact here:
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When ever frogs are eating their prey they blink to help push the food down their throat. When the frog blinks their eyeballs push down on the roof of the mouth which helps push the food down their throat.
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In most cases, frogs will not enjoy the winter season and simply take shelter and adapt to the cold, brutal weather. Unlike many, the North American wood frog actually freezes throughout the winter. As the weather begins to get colder, the frogs natural tendencies are for the muscles, breathing, and heartbeat to stop completely and for the body to actually shut down. To keep cells from collapsing, the frogs' bodies replace the frozen water with glucose and urea. The frogs' bodies stay inanimate until temperatures begin to warm up, in which they then thaw out and continue life as if winter had not happened. This really does show how animals can adapt to the climate and world around them.
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The Golden Dart Frog is extremely lethal. Just a gram of poison produced by the skin of this frog could kill close to 100,000 people. That's strange to think such a small animal is capable of killing such a massive number of humans.
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Notice how frog's eyes are generally popped out of their head? This is so they can see backwards, to the sides, and upwards without moving their head. This helps them see predators easier and see prey in almost a 360 degree radius.
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We see a herd of cattle, or a flock of birds, but how about an army of frogs? Frogs gathered in a group are referred to as an "army" of frogs.
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A fact that i found was an easy way to tell the difference between a male frog and a female frog is by looking at its ears. The ears are right behind the frog’s eyes. If the ears are as big as the eyes, then the frog is a boy. If the ears are smaller than the frog’s eyes, then the frog is a girl.
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Wow! That is really cool, I didn't know that. It's like how you can tell the difference between male and female trout fish by looking at their foreheads and mouths.
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ReplyDeleteThe goliath frog is the world's largest frog, weighing at least 7.2 pounds and are at least 12.5 inches long. The goliath frog is the same size as most house cats.
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Some frogs, such as the Australian water-holding frog is able to survive and burrow in the desert for up to seven years! This is possible due to the formation of a hard, thick layer of mucus that helps trap water within the frog.
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The frogs that the scientist might used may not have had the genes that the bullfrog have that are jumping 2 meters, also the frogs were probably not being pressured to jump that distance on the lab. Frogs can see forwards, sideways and upwards all at the same time. They never close their eyes, even when they sleep.
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To find out how old a frog is, look at their bones! Scientist found that like trees, frogs' bones form a growth ring for every year the frog is hibernating, so they look at the bones to figure out how old a frog is.
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ReplyDeleteFrogs don't drink water through their mouths, it is absorbed through their skin. The skin absorbs water when it is in water so its body stays hydrated and the frog doesn't need to drink from its mouth. http://www.frog-life-cycle.com/frog-facts.html
ReplyDeleteRemember the saying "it's raining cats and dogs?" Well, imagine frogs! Ever since the time of the Biblical tales of Egyptian storms, events where people have experienced frogs falling from the sky have occurred. Because of wind storms, if they happen to pass over a lank or pond that is inhibiting frogs, then prepare your umbrellas for something that is a bit more than just a light drizzle! It's surprising how the weather can fool us, even in this day and age.
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The goliath frog is the biggest known frog and can grow up to 15 inches in length and weigh 7 pounds. The smallest frog is the Cuban tree toad which only grows to a half and inch long. Big difference.
ReplyDeleteDo you know the length of an average frog? Because I'm trying to compare those lengths in human terms, and it sounds like it would be extremely crazy. The Goliath frog would be 30 times the length of the Cuban tree toad! Can you imagine looking up to someone thirty times taller? My imagination is in awe.
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ReplyDeleteGlass frogs, found in Central and South America, have almost fully translucent skin. This allows you to see inside their body at their internal organs including their blood flowing and heart pumping. Because of their see through skin they are almost never spotted by predators, this and since they are mostly active at night drives their predators insane. These frogs will live up high in the canopy of humid mountain forests. During the breeding season they come down from the canopy and travel to riversides. Here they lay their eggs on leaves over the stream. Conservationists are highly interested in studying the glass frog because they are good bio indicators, furthering their research.
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Did you know the most brightly colored tropical frogs are colored in this way to warn predators that they are poisonous? Even today frogs are nicer than people telling them not to attach me and you will die, but if you told a person you are poisonous they would look at you and laugh and bully you for the rest of your life.
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The eyes of a frog are maybe its coolest feature! While humans can use some of our peripheral vision, the bulging of the frog's eyes lets it see partially behind them. They also have incredible night vision. The eyes are even useful in digestion: when they swallow, they blink and their eyes help to push the food down into its esophagus!
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That's really cool! I didn't know that, but the first time I read that I read that it can push its eyes down its esophagus! Oppps!
DeleteOne gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the golden poison dart frog could kill 100,000 people. I thought this is crazy that it can kill that many. Plus when you think about it there are a lot of those frogs on the earth so just picture how many people they could kill. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/06/14-fun-facts-about-frogs/
ReplyDeleteThe paedophryne amauensis is the worlds smallest known animal with a backbone. It's vertebrate the same size as a fly's, it's even smaller than a dime. The frog measures an average of 7.7 millimeters long and can jump 30 times longer than its body size. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/allest-frogs-vertebrates-new-species-science-animals/120111-sm
ReplyDeleteThe male frog is the only frog that can croak; females can't. Every species of frog has its own unique sound. Some frogs' croaks can even sound like chirps and whistles from birds!
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The world's smallest known vertebrate is a frog the size of a house fly! It was discovered in Papau New Guinea. The species name is the Paedophryne amauensis. Its average length is said to be 7 millimeters long; that's puny! This frog can easily fit on a dime.
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An interesting fact about frogs is they do not need to drink. They have holes in their skin that absorb water and oxygen. I did not expect that so when i read it i was shocked.
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Toads are frogs. The word "toad" is usually used for frogs that have warty and dry skin, as well as shorter hind legs.
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In Alaska, there is a certain species of frogs that freezes in the winter. It does this as a way to disguise itself from its predators, making them believe they're just seeing a piece of ice. After only a few hours into spring, the frog is thawed out and ready to take on the season!
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When frogs swallow their food they use the help of their eyeballs to get it down. Usually a frog blinks as he swallows, and its not just coincidence. As the frog blinks it pushes its eyes down onto its mouth forcing the food back.
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Not only can frog's irises be different colors, but they can be in many different shapes, too! They can even be in the shape of a heart. How neat is that? http://www.sritweets.com/don%E2%80%99t-all-the-frogs-have-same-kind-of-pupil/
ReplyDeleteThe largest frog on the planet is known as the Goliath frog, in the frogs homeland of Cameroon, Africa there have been reports of the creatures being over 30 cm long. The weight of the toad is greater than that of the average housecat
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Ever heard of the bizarre development of a Darwin's frog? The term fatherly love is brought to a whole new level with this fun fact! The moment the tadpoles hatch, the father scoops them up into his vocal sac to develop. After 60 days, the dad burps up dozens of tiny, fully developed frogs.
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A frog sheds its skin about once a week, then grows into a new skin. The real interesting part is that usually the frog eats the dead skin after it sheds.
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The world's tiniest frogs are smaller than a dime, and the largest frog can grow to be longer than a foot and weigh more than pounds! Where are these frogs found?
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The golden dart frog is the most poisonous frog on the planet and the skin of the frog can kill up to 1,000 people! I cannot believe that it can kill that many people, that's crazy.
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Did you know that frogs can live in the desert? The Catholic frog, which lives in Australia, spends most of its time underground, only emerging after heavy rainfall. The Flat-headed frog, which also lives in Australia, conserves water by taking in a lot of water when it finds it and bloating up like a balloon. Probably the most interesting frog of these 3, Rheoba trachus Silus, swallows its young after giving birth until they are ready to hatch, because there are no nearby ponds! The wettest place the frog can find is its own body.
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The longest living frog in the world turned out to be 37 years old. Considering the average life span of a frog is around 10 to 12 years this is incredible. The frog lived over three times as long as others generally do.
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McKenna,
DeleteThat would be like you living to be 225...That is way old.
Look out before you walk under that tree! The Costa Rica Flying Tree Frog glides from branch to branch of a tree, a talent steming from the frog's webbed fingers and toes. Just keep your eyes up in case one falls!
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The poison on the skin of the Ecuadorean frog can be painkiller that may be stronger than morphine. It would not only be stronger than morphine, but also not have the side affects morphine does. It is known as ABT-594. It can help with the pain of severe injuries and cancer. I think that is amazing!
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Katy,
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This is the Ornate Horned Frog. It seems ordinary, but this frog is nick named the PAC-man frog. It is called that because this frog has an enormous mouth and appetite. These frogs can swallow birds, insects, mice, or even other frogs WHOLE. Not found in the United States, but you can find them in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.
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When a frog swallows its prey, it has to use its teeth to hold the prey in. but how does it actually get the food down? It blinks, which pushes its eyeballs down on top of the mouth to help push the food down its throat.
ReplyDeleteSo I'm sure you've heard of the US Military, but did you know a pack of frogs is called an army? Strange, right? Just imagine an army of frogs charging at you screaming, "FOR NARNIA."
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instead of drinking water, frogs have the ability to soak the water into their skin. That must help prevent the frog to get water up its internal nostrils!
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The Wood Frog is a weird species that is able to thaw over and "freeze" on the forrest floor as the winter comes. It is actually freeze intolerant making it so that it will not actually be unable to be completely frozen and die. http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/woodfrog/
ReplyDeleteThere have been many accounts in history of it raining frogs from the sky, even as recently as 2005 in Sebia. Since frogs are fairly light-weight, and when a fairly strong wind sweeps over a pond or swamp, it is actually possible for them to be picked up and then rain down on a nearby area. Better grab your umbrellas.
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You can tell the gender of a frog by the size of it's ears. The ears are found behind the eyes. If the ears are the same size as the eyes then it is a boy frog but if they are smaller than the eyes than it is a girl frog. Also frog fossils have been found all over the world except for Antarctica and some are as old as the dinosaurs.
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Does that tomato have eyes? If so, no thank you. The tomato frog (toxic) lives off the coast of Africa on a island known as Madagascar. This frog has a red color (similar to a tomato's) which warns off predators. Any animal that decides to test the tomato frog's warning is in for a sticky surprise. This frog produces a white, thick, sticky substance (like glue) that coats the skin. After the animal bites into the frog they'll find their jaw glued shut.
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ReplyDeleteTurns out that the University of Michigan found out from genetic tests on Bullfrogs in global trade is a main cause for the spreading of chytrid fungus, which is deadly towards the human body. Eating bullfrogs, isn't exactly my cup of tea, but if it was; boy would I be careful!
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When a frog eats something harmful to it, in order to get it out of its stomach it throws it up.... But not normally. The frog literally throws up it's entire stomach so that it is dangling out of its mouth and uses it's right arm to scrape out the harmful food. Umm gross.
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Certain frogs have developed something special on their skin -- a stripe that goes right down the center of their back. This may not seem so special, but this stripe can fool a frog's predators by making it seem like the frog is split in half, which gives the frog a different outline. Having a different outline is important, because predators, especially ones from above, are used to hunting frogs, and the stripe tricks them considerably due to the fact that makes the frog look like it has a different outline. Therefore, this adaption really helps frogs blend in to the environment even more than they already do.
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One fact that I thought was interesting about frogs, is that the wood frog species actually become frozen when winter comes. The wood frog undergoes a freeze-thaw pattern as it adapts to its surroundings. Many scientists have been studying this pattern of the wood frog, hoping they will be able to copy this freeze-thaw pattern to aid human organ transplants. When it snows and within the first few snowflakes that touch the frog, it becomes frozen solid. I wish I had this ability!
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The Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) can survive the winter season with 65 percent of its body water as ice. www.conservation.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2013.
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An accent is always a telltale way to determine a person's home country, but did you know that frogs have accents too? In Norway, the Northern Pool Frog has an accent in it's croak that is only heard in that area. I wonder if female frogs find a foreign accent attractive!
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An interesting fact about frogs that I found was that there is evidence that frogs have roamed the earth for more than 200 million years, at least as long as dinosaurs. Isn't this crazy!
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Goliath frog is the largest frog in the world. It can be found in West Africa and sometimes measures more than a foot long and can weigh up to 7 pounds which is practically the size of a newborn baby
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Frogs have skin that is very unique compared to human skin. Our skin can absorb some things such as the nutrients in lotion. But frogs take that skill much further when they take in oxygen, as was talked about in class. Furthermore, they can absorb water through their skin! It is done so well that they don't need to drink water through their mouth. That's really neat and useful! Something else that is super strange is that frogs never close their eyes. At all times they can see forwards, sideways, and upwards. Even while sleeping! It is possible for humans to sleep with their eyes open. Frogs take that talent and use it every single day. They certainly are cool little critters.
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When the gastric brooding frogs of Australia is ready to produce offspring, she swallows her own eggs! This is due to Australia being an extremely dry place, so the frog has to look inside itself to find the most moist spot. While the tadpoles are in her stomach, the frog ceases making digestive juices
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Did that when a frog swallows its prey, it blinks, which pushes its eyeballs down on top of the mouth to help push the food down its throat?! It's the weirdest thing ever! Frog's eyeballs help push the food down its throat. How does that not affect its sight? This is the weirdest thing I have ever heard!
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There are approximately 4,740 different species in the world. But sadly, the number of species is slowly decreasing, scientists say that we will lose another species every 250 years. We need to find a way so this doesn't happen!!!
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Shovel Nosed frogs have a hard-tipped pointy snout that dig in the mug like shovels. They have strong hind legs that help them dig not jump.
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When frogs hibernate in the winter, their bones grow a layer not unlike a tree does. Therefore, if you cut a frog's bone in half then you can tell how old they are by counting the rings.
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The North American Wood Frog actually freezes in the winter and reanimates when it gets warmer out. When it gets colder out the heartbeat, breathing, and muscle movements stop and the water in the wood frogs cells are replaces with glucose to prevent their cells from caving in. In the spring when it gets warmer the frog unfreezes and hops away as if nothing ever happened.
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The hairy or horror frog breaks its own bones so that it juts out of the skin giving it temporarly claws . scientsts arn't sure if it can retract and heal or not. eather way it cant be comfortable for the frog to break its own legs to get "claws".
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The golden dart frog has enough poison to kill 10-20 humans and about 10,000 mice. People also used their poison for warfare. I think this is really cool and interesting. http://www.thejunglestore.com/Golden-Poison-Frog_Facts
ReplyDeleteThe glass frog's skin is completely translucent, and you can see all of their organs from the out side, even their heart beating. This helps them blend in to the forests in Central and South America.
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Amphibians are the oldest land vertebrates. Ichthyostega was an amphibian species that lived in Greenland 362 million years ago.
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The Red-Eyed Tree Frog's skin tone and eye color might be able to over simulate predators eyes, so that they won't get eaten.
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Frogs have excellent night vision and are very sensitive to movement. The bulging eyes of most frogs allow them to see in front, to the sides, and partially behind them. When a frog swallows food, it pulls its eyes down into the roof of its mouth, to help push the food down its throat.
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Frogs don’t drink, but absorb water from their surroundings through their skin. (http://www.blindloop.com/index.php/2010/07/5-crazy-facts-about-frogs/)
ReplyDeleteThe wood frog of North America actually freezes in the winter and is reanimated in the spring. When temperatures fall, the wood frog’s body begins to shut down, and its breathing, heartbeat and muscle movements stop. The water in the frog’s cells freezes and is replaced with glucose and urea to keep cells from collapsing. When there’s a thaw, the frog’s warms up, its body functions resume and it hops off like nothing ever happened.
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Frogs can see in multiple directions at once and never close there eyes when sleeping. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/frog.html
ReplyDeleteGoliath Frogs found in Cameroon, Africa, are known as the largest type of frog in the world. Their bodies can grow to be as long as almost one foot! These huge frogs can live to 15 years old. They eat crabs and smaller frogs.
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Like a tree, frogs grow a layer when they hibernate. That means that their bones will have rings (like a tree) if you cut them in half, this way you could tell how old the frogs was.
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believe it or not, the Surinam toad gives birth through its back! The female lays eggs on the males belly, who then fertilizes them and puts them into pockets on the females back. Later, after incubating in their mother's back they hatch and emerge as fully formed baby frogs. Along with that disturbing fact, surinam toads are about 12 to 20 centimeters long at adulthood, and only about 2 cm thick!
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The wood frog can survive in the arctic circle for weeks where it uses it's blood to keep it's vital organs protected while it lets the other 65% of it's body freeze
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