As we prepare to dissect frogs this week, I thought it would be interesting to learn about frog farming. In class, we are dissecting frogs to learn more about the digestive system. Usually students ask where the frogs come from that we dissect. All the grass frogs we dissect are ordered from a scientific supply company. However in the 1930's, there was a get-rich-quick push for everyday Americans to raise giant frogs.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/frog-farming-1930s-failure-ponds-canning-legs-conservation
https://mdc.mo.gov/property/pond-stream-care/ponds-fish-frog-management/frog-farming-facts
Have you ever eaten frog legs? Do you know that most of the frogs that are served in America actually come from Indochina? This week, you will read one of the two articles above. In a scholarly paragraph, write a brief summary of what you learned. Please share at least two facts that you didn't know before. In conclusion, I want you to give some frog trivia. For example, I would end my summary with....Did you know that a group of frogs is called an army? or The largest frog is the Goliath frog which is up to a foot long and can weigh up to 7 pounds.
I read the article, "The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930's Were a Giant Failure". In the 1930's, as the great depression started to arise people were desperate to find a way to make money again. The American Frog Canning Company promised a good market and a steady source of income. All you need is a small pond and a few pairs of “breeders” in order to raise giant frogs that could sell up to $5 ($100 in today's dollars). They would farm these frogs to make canned frog legs. I had no idea that Frog canning was a thing at all and that if frog farmers didn't whisk tadpoles into different pods, hungry adult frogs eat them. Did you know frogs don't need to rink water because they absorb it through their skin.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the second article, it addresses more about frog farming and frogs. In fact, a successful frog farm are naturally marshy areas or pounds that have abundant aquatic vegetation for tadpoles and dense grassy covers for adult breeding frogs. Also, I learned bullfrogs eggs masses float on the surface of the water and usually cover an area of 5 square feet. Likewise, a female bullfrog lays 10,000 to 25,000 eggs. Very interesting indeed. Moreover, frog legs make their way through international seafood marketing channels. Some of the major supplies include Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan. In addition, imported frog legs have totaled between 1.1 million and 3.3 million pounds. Another fact I learned is that frogs held at high densities are vulnerable to a number of common bacterial infections. Did you know the most common infection by frogs is caused by the common soil and water bacteria Aeromonas spp?
ReplyDeleteThis connects to the article I read. Frogs produce many eggs because few survive. I never knew a whole 5 feet of eggs are produced!
DeleteThis week I read “Frog farming Facts.” I learned there was a such thing as frog farming . Frog farming is when you farm frogs like other animals like cows or pigs. I also learned that there is a law of how much of bullfrogs you can catch in a day and that you can't sell them.This is because of a tax that many people are catching them to eat them. Also there is a growing demand of frog legs and they go for $2.70-$3.20 per pound but in some places they are $12.70 per pound and rising. Did you know that frogs absorb water through their skin so they don't need to drink.
ReplyDeleteI think its really interesting how the price of the frogs were really high. But in the article said that that the frogs took a long time so it was hard to farm the frogs.
DeleteThis week, I read the article “The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930’s Were a Giant Failure”. This article mainly talked about how in the 1930’s frog farming and eating frog meat was such a huge industry, due to the growing populations in different areas to the point that frogs turned into huge money makers for the sellers. Albert Broel is the founder of the American Frog Canning Company. Broel came to America and started a weird and different business that was completely taken off guard by a lot of people, but this business idea helped Broel end up making lots and lots of money. In the article, they mentioned how Albert Broel was the biggest producer of frog legs because he knew how to smartly advertise for his product. The author also stated that even though the demand for frog legs was crazy, in earlier years, there have been many concerns about frog raising by the USDA. Once the craze for frog farming started to decline in the 1930’s, it soon started to return again in the 1970’s and 80’s after a man named Leonard Slabaugh opened a farm of his own. I didn’t even know frog farming was a thing in the 1930’s, and I also didn’t know that it made such a big fortune as well. I personally have never eaten frog legs, and I don’t know if I would ever willingly try them. Did you know that a single frog has to produce 10,000 to 20,000 eggs just so a few of its offspring can survive? Also, did you know that in the 1930’s, frogs were sold for $5 a dozen? That is around $100 in today’s money.
ReplyDeleteWow it's surprising how much frogs were valued in the 1930s.
DeleteFor this weeks blog post, I read the article “The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930’s Were a Giant Failure”. Throughout this time period, many people were struggling in trying to find a stable job. The frog canning company in the 1930’s guaranteed a good income for these people. Surprisingly enough, frog farming was apparently the most needed but least developed industry in America. There was much demand for frog meat greater than its supply. With just a few breeders, they could produce tens of thousands of tadpoles. With this amount at $5 a dozen and $100, it could produce a lot of money. The owner of the company, Albert Broel, started his company because of his mother who was sick and told him to raise frogs if he wanted to be successful. It wasn’t his first choice of profession though. Did you know that he first started out as a doctor but then he got kicked out for not operating with the correct license? Two facts that I didn't know before reading this article was that frog hunting was so popular that the state's population of wild frogs began to decline, and that starting in the 1980’s, frog farming spread to Europe, Brazil, and Southeast Asia.
ReplyDeleteFrog farming is a challenging task to complete successfully. In order to be a certified farmer or even just a harvester, there are many laws and regulations. Despite the shallow depth of the pond, there must be an abundance of shoreline in order for the frogs to thrive and reproduce. Frogs also will not grow under an artificial diet, they will only eat anything that is alive and moving. Thus, frog legs can be up to $12.70 a pound in the southeastern United States because they have been limited by land and labor costs, slow growth rate, and predation. I personally have never eaten frog legs, but have always wanted to try them. Did you know that frogs push its eyeballs down on top of the mouth to help push prey it swallows?
ReplyDeleteI read the article The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure. I learned that this industry of selling frogs begun with a mans idea and was carried through. Though no very successfully it was amazing. Frogs at the time were being sold for $5 a dozen equivalent to $100 a dozen in present time. The only problem was the amount of frogs being captured was much less than the intake people desired. The industry was known for muse needed, yet most unsuccessful. Did you know frogs don’t need to drink water as they absorb it through their skin?
ReplyDeleteI have never eaten frog legs nor would i like to.
DeleteI read the article "Frog Farming Facts." In the article, it explained how there are many dependent variables to be successful at frog farming such as land costs, labor costs, feed costs (if any), fencing and lighting costs, cannibalism, disease, climate (growing season), and predation. Successful frog farms are generally in naturally marshy areas or ponds which have abundant aquatic vegetation for tadpoles and dense grassy cover for adult breeding frogs. Next, they talk about the bullfrog. The bullfrog can be found from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. This frog grows to the largest size in the U.S. They also don't take artificial diets, bullfrogs only eat living and mocing prey. It is allowed to harvest bullfrogs from your own pond for your personal use and enjoyment but you can only take 8 frogs a day and possess up to 16 frogs. I didn't know that successful frog farming is more a myth than a reality. Also, how each mature bullfrog may command as much as 20 feet of shoreline as his or her own hunting preserve.Did you know growing a frog to marketable size generally takes two to three years total from egg to harvest?
ReplyDeleteFor me personally, I have never had any intention to go near a frog. Frog legs are a course meal, unfortunately. Frog legs are also something I have no intention to eat or digest. Back in the 1930's, frog farming was common. Albert Broel, founder of the American Frog Canning Company said "perhaps America's most needed, yet least developed industry." Another thing stated in the article, was that there are frog breeders. The breeders would produce thousands frogs. Did you know there are over 5,000 species of frogs?
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy to think that there are that many types of frogs. I wonder how many of those are poisonous. How many of those can you find here, in the United States?
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ReplyDeleteI chose to read the article about frog farming. In the 1930’s a man named Albert Broel approached many American with a new method to make a lot of money fast. This method was to become a frog breeder, this was because the frog market was in high demand as the demand for frog meat was much greater than the supply of them. To start your farm all you needed was a small pond and he would send you 2 breeder to start. He proposed that for every dozen frogs you sent to him you would be paid about $5 ($100 now). This was very enticing to many people as it was a simple get rich easy scheme. I didn't know that this ever happened or that there was ever a high demand for frog meat. Did you know, a frog sheds its skin about once a week as well as eating the dead skin!
ReplyDeleteI also read that article and I couldn't believe what money he was making.
DeleteI also read this article and it talked about starting the farm and it seemed pretty easy.
DeleteI did not know that! Woah, great summary.
DeleteThe frog farming industry was very needed and under developed industry. Meat in markets was scares so they had find a new source of protein. 1 dozen Frog were worth $100 in today's money. Frogs became a common meal among people back then and most household can get them for cheap. Some people thought that in 13 years you could make $360 billion off of frog farming. People started to hunt frogs to get money and the state of louisiana's frog population decreased significantly. Laws had to be passed to stop this and the craze died out. 200 million frogs are being exported each year. Also of this was from “The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure”.
ReplyDeleteI read the article, "The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure," and in this article I learned that there was a giant boom of frog farming in the 1930s that I had no clue of. I also learned that farming frogs is not profitable because they use so many resources and don't give much profit. For example frogs generally only eat moving food which means the farmer would have to feed them live bugs. Also frogs only give one third pound of meat for every pond of food they eat. One interesting fact is that some frogs can jump over 20 times their own body length; that is like a human jumping 30m.
ReplyDeleteI read "Frog Farming Facts" and it is about investing in a frog farm and how it is a long shot at being successful. Bull Frogs are the largest frogs in the United States. Bull Frogs are used for frog legs. I personally have never had frog legs but I thought it was interesting that they use Bull Frogs which you can find in an every day pond. Did you know that imported frog legs have varied from 1.1 million to 3.3 million pounds?!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the frog farming industry was a scam.
ReplyDeleteI read that too! I don't know why so many people need frogs, like 1 million? WHY?
DeleteAlbert Broel began the frog craze in the 1930’s with an establishment of a frog industry. Frog advertisement began stating the “$5 a dozen of frogs” according to The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure which adds up to $100 in our time. Thus began the breeding of frogs. Not only a method to make money but claims they were delicious too. In Broels book, it was stated that in order to breed frogs the only thing needed was a small pond and and few breeders. This seems so out of the ordinary but it really puts into perspective how this industry was able to grow so fast. However, farmers still had to be cautious when raising these frogs as “Fungal diseases can wipe out thousands of frogs in a single season”. I found this interesting as I could assume that with a frogs exposure diseases in ponds and creeks they would become immune. I never knew fungal diseases could also cause so much harm to a frog. Nevertheless, the frog industry still grew. Did you know by the end of the frog craze the frog market was worth 40 million dollars?
ReplyDeletethat's really interesting how fungal diseases can wipe out thousands of frogs in a single season.
DeleteI can't believe the frog market rose and fell in such a short amount of time!
DeleteI read the article, "The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s were a Giant Failure." Before reading this article, I never knew there was such thing as a frog farm. Within the article, I found that the purpose of the farms was to help people make money fast during the Great Depression. Essentially, all you had to do was obtain a small pond, as well as a dozen frogs. At least, that's what the man who initiated the farms, and the founder of the American Frog Canning Company- Albert Broel- told everyone. In theory, frog farming was a good idea, especially because the wild frog population was dwindling, frogs were in higher demand. Which is good from a business standpoint, but not an environmental standpoint. However, people bought into Broel's campaign and bought frogs for $5 a dozen ($100 in today's money.) What they never realized was that it was difficult to farm frogs. Yes, the frogs would reproduce and have a ton of offspring, but it is extremely difficult to raise a frog to grow to marketable-size. Disease, lack of food, and predators and wipe out entire frog populations. Farmers must work for years before they see any profit. Therefore, because of these complications, the frog farming industry's popularity decreased rapidly. That was the end of the frog farming boom. Did you know that frogs have to give birth to 10,000-20,000 frogs for a few to survive? Did you know that if frog farmers don’t whisk tadpoles away to separate ponds, hungry adult frogs will make meals of them?
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's so weird thinking of such harmless looking animals committing cannibalism so often
DeleteI chose to read the article, "Frog Farming Facts." I did not know that frog farming existed and that you could eat frog legs with your own farming. I have never eaten frog legs nor do I intend on it. Apparently frog farming is much more work than you would think and you cannot get rich from it. It requires many things to keep your frogs happy and living. For example, you have to block off a pond so only frogs can get in and it has to be covered on top to keep birds out. Also, you can tell the difference between a male and female frog by the color of their neck. If it is dirty white, it's a female. If it is yellow, it's a male. I also learned that it is fairly common for a female frog to have up to 25,000 eggs in them at a time. Did you know that frog legs can cost up to $12.70 per pound?!
ReplyDeleteFrog farming is a very time consuming job. It takes 3 years for the frogs to get to the size wanted in order to eat. The best frog to farm are bullfrogs they grow 6in to 7in in size. Female frogs will lay around 20,000 eggs on average. Ponds to grow frogs only need to be 2 to 12in deep. Frogs can catch diseases from each other and are highly contagious to each other. Did you know some frogs can live up to ten years.
ReplyDeleteI read the article “Frog Farming Facts,” which talked about numerous conditions that must be met for frogs to grow and thrive for commercial purposes or otherwise. With disease, climate, cannibalism (yeah, you read that right, cannibalism), and simply the cost of growing them, bull frogs, and frogs in general, are very difficult to take care of. To start with, frogs, in order to reproduce, require an ideal pond. Meaning, they need a pond that is not too deep and has plenty of shoreline. Indeed, each adult bullfrog needs about 20 feet of shoreline. A high density of frogs leads to problems such as cannibalism and disease. Diseases that affect the frogs include fungal infections and the much more common and deadly Areomonas spp, which causes the legs of the frog to become swollen with water without the compensatory release of the kidneys. Additionally, frogs only eat moving prey. Because they will never eat artificially prepared meals, owners must find ways to attract bugs for the frogs to eat. Finally, did you know that a female bull frog can lay anywhere from 10,000 to 25,000 eggs? Also, did you know that this amount of frog eggs covers an area of 5 square feet?
ReplyDeleteI read that too! I couldn't believe that frogs ate each other!
DeleteFor this week, while learning about frogs, I decided to read the first article “The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure”. As the title explains, the farming of frogs was a giant failure. After the idea worked, there ended up being many easily noticeable flaws. One flaw was that a “single frog has to lay 10,000 to 20,000 eggs just to have a few of its offspring survive.” Obviously this was an indefinite problem, as it would be more work than wanted for a few hormonal frogs. Another flaw with having tens of thousands of tadpoles, was that “If frog farmers don’t whisk tadpoles away to separate ponds, hungry adult frogs will make meals of them.” Without a doubt, this factor created even more of a problem. In order for the tadpoles to survive, the producers needed plenty of barrels for the tadpoles to evolve, making it difficult for the producers to excessively “grow” the frogs. As you can, the overall development of the frogs was not a good idea.
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Did you know that during a time of frog farming “All over the world, people love to eat frogs, and by the end of the last decade, the international market in frog meat was worth about $40 million.”?
Did you know that a group of scientists found that “about 200 million frogs are being exported each year, predominantly from Indonesia and China to the European Union and the United States"?
I did not know that the international market in frog meat was worth 40 million, that is a crazy amount of money!!
DeleteThis week I read the article "The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure". The article explained how a man named Albert Broel started the frog farming business in the U.S. during the 1930s. His business grew rapidly, however there were many challenges facing frog farmers. Frogs could die before reaching marketable size, they have to be protected from predators, and they consume lots of food. I didn't know that frogs have to lay 10,000 to 20,000 eggs just to have a few of it's offspring survive. I also didn't know that fungal diseases can wipe out thousands of frogs in a single season. A fun fact about frogs is that they completely shed their skin about once a week.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how frogs lay all those eggs but only a few can survive. I wonder why that is.
DeleteWow that's so weird that frogs shed their skin once a week. I also found out form my article that frog farming is actually quite difficult
DeleteFor this weeks post I chose to read the article titled, The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930's Were a Giant Failure. During the 1930’s, many people were struggling to make a living and Albert broel, the founder of the American Frog Canning Company discovered a simple way to make a living. He sold a dozen frogs for 100 current day dollars, surprisingly a very effective way to make money in difficult times. Broel advertised farming frog legs quite a bit and frog legs became a major food(and money) source during the 1930’s which at one point prompted an Ohio newspaper to claim that in 13 years, a man could make $360 billion growing frogs. This may sound like a good thing to have food supplies and money for some people but eventually the frog population in France that commercial hunting of frogs was banned, and later down the line it was also banned in India and Bangladesh. Therefore, frog farming had a massive impact on the world the 1930's and beyond. TRIVIA TIME!!! Did you know, A single frog has to lay 10,000 to 20,000 eggs just to have a few of its offspring survive.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Broel, a 1930s frog farmer I read about in "The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure" tells the reader how frogs could, "turn into a fortune." The article follows Albert Broel, one of the most famous frog farmer during the short-lived craze in the 1930s. It talks about he gave up his illegal medical career to pursue this and how a lot of other people jumped on this fad. The giant frogs were primary used for canned frog legs to be eaten and could produce 5 dollars a dozen (about 100 dollars in today's economy). This seemingly easy money-maker did have its downsides though. Often times the tadpoles would eaten by their parents or other predators or killed by fungal diseases. The frog canning business finally stopped when a law was passed restricting the hunting of wild frogs. While reading this, I learned that frog legs were a common food in the 30's and could be prepared in many was, and that the value of frogs back in the day was much higher than it is now. Did you know that when Darwin’s frog tadpoles hatch, a male frog swallows the tadpoles and keeps them in his vocal sac for about 60 days to allow them to grow until he coughs up the tiny, fully formed frogs?
ReplyDeleteThe article I read was “The giant frog farms of the 1930 where a huge failure.” The article talked about how Broel created a frog farm and it began to grow rapidly but there was a lot of problems. One problem was the cost of raising frogs because they eat a lot. I did not know that our frogs come from Indochina I also have not eaten frog legs. Did you know that frogs are healthy to eat? Also did you know that the longest frog jump recorded was 33 ft 5.5 inch?
ReplyDeleteThis week I read "Frog Farming Facts." The article provided you with facts and advice about having a frog farm. Successful farming is dependent on a few things: land costs, labor costs, feed costs, fencing and lighting costs, cannibalism, disease, climate, and predation. All of these thing need to be taken into consideration if someone is wanting to have a frog farm. Bullfrogs breed and deposit eggs from late April to early June. It is best to have an equal amount of female and male bullfrogs because male bullfrogs only mate once per season. Frogs and tadpoles have a slow growth rate because they are cold blooded. It can take more than a year for a tadpole to turn into a young frog. When bullfrogs are matured, they can command up to 20 ft of shoreline for their hunting ground. After many attempts, commercial production of bullfrogs remains a myth. Also a fun fact is when females lay eggs, they usually lay about 20,000 in the water.
ReplyDeleteBreeding frogs is what Albert Broel's mom said is what could give you success in life. So after being chased out of the medical field that's just what he did. He started in the 1930s and moved from New Orleans to Florida trying to get his business to boom. However, the frog business takes a few years to profit. Breeders have to feed the frogs and make sure the adult frogs don't eat the tadpoles and then even with the tadpoles that weren't eating, only a few grow to market size. Getting to market size takes 2-3 years. Overall, the frog breeder business would take a while to be successful. Did you know that adult frogs, if hungry, eat their tadpoles?
ReplyDeleteI have never eaten frog legs before and I didn't know that most frog legs come from Indochina. The bullfrog is the largest frog species in america. Current harvest limits are 8 frogs a day.You need a pond for a frog, a good size would range between 2-12 inches. Many frogs are vulnerable to bacterial infections. Did you know Female frogs can lay 10,000 to 25,000 eggs?
ReplyDeleteI read the article "The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure" in the article it talks about how people started getting frog breeders and selling frogs because it was in the middle of the great depression and frogs sold for high prices. But the frog farms failed with lots of the frogs dying and not growing big enough with frogs having to lay 10,000 eggs just to have some of their babies survive.
ReplyDeleteI read the article “Frog Farming Facts” this article goes over many different aspects implemented into from farming. Although commercial frog farming never took off in the U.S., it was still attempted by some. The purpose of commercial frog farming was the production of frog legs. Due to the many expenses put into this profession not many people attempt it. Frogs eat a lot to produce marketable frog legs, plus any disease that strikes your supply will cost you even more. In my opinion it’s not something worth the risk. Frog legs are produced by other countries and shipped here all the time though. Did you know there are over 5,000 different frog species?
ReplyDeleteI read the article "Frog Farming Facts." The article talks about the risky frog leg business and how it isn't a very great way to make money. I learned from the article that the common Bullfrog lays 10,000 to 25,000 eggs, and hatch in 1-3 weeks. It takes 2-3 whole years for a frog to be marketable size. It was very surprising to me that frogs lay so many eggs, and that they take so long to grow. Did you know frog bones for rings, much like a tree, scientists can use these to find the age of a frog.
ReplyDeleteI've never eaten frog legs but it's definitely something on my bucket list. The common bull frog can be found from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from the atlantic to pacific coast. These frogs can reach up to 8 inches from their nose to the end of their backbone. This surprised me because that means the frog is almost a foot. Frog farmers can sell frog legs from $2.70 to $3.20 a pound. This is lower then I thought because many people may be willing to consider frog legs regardless the price. But did you know that if there's to many frogs in one place they are more immune to disease?
ReplyDeleteI was also surprised that bullfrogs grow to be 8 inches long! That's really big for a frog!
DeleteThis week I learned about the breeding of frogs. That's because I read Frog Farming Facts. The article explains how people and farmers made a living off of selling frogs and their parts. I was really shocked when they said 1.1 million to 1.3 million frogs have been imported in the last few years from Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan. I found it a little odd that there is a law on requirements for breeding frogs. All you need is a fenced in area and a pond and you can breed as many frogs as you would like. I have never eaten frog legs and plan on not eating them. Did you know frogs have gills like fish?
ReplyDeleteAfter reading "The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930's Were a Giant Failure" I was interested by a few cool facts. One, I didn't know that people raise farms for frogs. Sure I knew people ate them, but raising frogs, I had no idea. I also didn't know that the cost of all the frog meat in the world was up to $40 million! That's a lot of money for some frog legs. It was really a big business. I also didn't know that so many people ate frog legs. That is way more than I would imagine. 1 billion frogs a year is a lot. Which goes to show that maybe its not as weird as I thought to eat frog legs.
ReplyDeleteNo I have never eaten frog legs or know where they come from, but I did read FROG FARMING FACTS. I learned that frog farming isn't the get rich quick scheme that most people hope for. Actually it's quite complex. The frogs have to not only have the proper environment they also have to have a safe one. Including things like electric fences to keep out predators and proper oxygenation of water. If you think you can handle all of that then you would think that you are ready to get started but what I found out is that there are a lot of laws and regulations that prevent you from being to efficient at making money. Did you know adult bullfrogs need up to 20 feet of shoreline as their hunting preserve.
ReplyDeleteFor this post I have chosen the frog farming facts article.It states facts such as our demands for frog legs in america.But also states how get-rich schemes to make profit are a myth more than the real deal.In the article it also states facts about the Bullfrog which can be found in parts of canada all the way to mexico.And also that most adult bullfrogs can reach to 8 inches from nose to the end of there backbone.As well in the article it states that the typical female lays from 10,000 to 25,000 eggs.Another fact i've located about frogs is that there are over 5,000 species of frogs.
ReplyDeleteI read the article about frog farming, which explained that there are many costs and constraints when it comes to making a frog farm. Some of these include, land costs, labor costs, feeding costs, etc. Also, it says that there are specific ways to be successful in this farming process, for example, marshy areas are proven to be the most successful. The article then proceeded to teach about the common Bullfrog. This can be found from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. It is the frog species that grows to be the largest size in the United States. When a full grown adult, the bullfrog can be 8 inches long, from the tip of the nose to the end of the backbone. Did you know that female bullfrogs typically lay 10,000 to 25,000 eggs?
ReplyDeleteI read the Article the giant frog farms of the 1930s were a giant failure. The article talks about frog farming and how it was not successful. It started being a bit successful in till people noticed they could no make allot of money from it. It talked about the guy who created Frog farming and he would use false advertising to make it look like it was really successful. I think its interesting how they used to farm frogs because now a day that would seem like a silly idea. Something interesting is that frogs take a long time to farm and to grow.
ReplyDeleteI read the article The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930's Were A Giant Failure. This article talks about how the frog farming industry, and how it failed but was needed. The demand for frogs was higher than the supply of frogs there were, and that was a problem. Frogs could have turned into a fortune because it was $5 a dozen which in our day is about $100, but the whole industry failed. Albert Broel,a frog farmer, started his business because of his mother. Everything in the wild pretty much wants to eat frogs, and there's also the factor of fungal diseases that can wipe out the frogs, and these factors made the frog farming business a struggle. Frogs would also die a lot before reaching marketable size. Did you know that a single frog has to lay 10,000 to 20,000 eggs just to have a few of its offspring live?
ReplyDeleteI read the article about the frog farming facts. In short, it tells you how to build a frog farm, and why you may be just better off finding wild frogs, instead of trying to breed you own. Did you know that a make bullfrog in Missouri needs about 20 feet of shoreline to command in order for it to not cannibalize the others. Also, the 1.15 pounds to sustain a 0.4 pound frog is what totally crushes the dreams of anybody who wants to be a frog farmer, and makes it unprofitable. Interestingly, the frogs only go for live, or moving food.
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