deformed frogs scattered throughout the state. There are many speculations as to how the frogs got such deformities. Some scientists believe that its something in the waters of the Minnesota wetlands‚ other factors could be parasites or ultraviolet radiation. Minnesota is not the only location in the world that has reported deformed animal sightings‚ but almost three-quarters of the deformed frogs were reported in Minnesota. This is not necessarily because Minnesota contains the most deformed frogs‚ because
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True Love? When Frogs mate‚ the male frog tends to clasp the female underneath in an embrace called amplexus. He literally climbs on her back‚ reaches his arms around her "waist"‚ either just in front of the hind legs‚ just behind the front legs‚ or even around the head. Amplexus can last several days! Usually‚ it occurs in the water‚ though some species‚ like the bufos on the right mate on land or even in trees! (photo courtesy of Emile Vandecasteele) While in some cases‚ complicated courting
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question: how do bull frogs compare and contrast to humans ? background info; A. animal kingdom B. rana castles beiana C. There habitat is anywhere near water and are mostly located in eastern america D. The bullfrog is a vertebrate because bullfrogs has a skeleton E. They have an endoskeleton because there skeleton is inside their body not outside F. Cold blooded because their body temperature need to change with the environment G. A bullfrog life cycle starts with the female and male frogs mating . The
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Why Frogs Jump. Once upon a time‚ there was a frog. This frog was named Matthias. He had four legs that were used for getting around. Matthias was green‚ he walked on all four of his feet. He lived in a pond‚ in the enchanted Rainforest in Africa. He lived with his grandparents. Matthias has no siblings and no parents. They got attacked by the evil snakes. The frog population was at risk‚ due to the frequent snake attacks. So‚ Matthias started to build forts‚ for his‚ his grandparents‚ and his
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Gross Anatomy of a Frog aldreyarellano I. AXIAL REGION A. Head – most anterior‚ triangular part w/c is flattened dorso-ventrally 1. Snout – blunt apex of the head 2. Mouth – large anterior opening w/c extends postero-laterally up to the head’s base > dorsal & ventral lip folds – immovable folds that border the mouth dorsally & ventrally – provided w/ valves w/c are associated to respiratory movements – provided w/ valves w/c are associated to respiratory movements 3. External nares or
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Any of several small‚ often brightly colored earthly frogs that inhabit the rain forests of Central and South America and secrete from their skin some of the most poisonous biological toxins known‚ such as batrachotoxin. It is on the forest floor that the native South Americans find the jewel-like poison dart frog. The Choco’ tribe in Colombia‚ South America uses the skin secretions to poison their dart tips. One technique used to treat darts requires that a sharp stick to be forced into the
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What is the Boiled Frog phenomenon? First of all this refers to killing a frog‚ if you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water the poor creature will fight and jump and claw to try and get out of the danger of dying. If with the same situation you ease the frog into warm water and turn the flame up slowly then the frog will not fight because it will not sense any immediate danger and it will ease into death (ezinearticles.com). This basically means that the frog senses no danger and is lulled into
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professor is known as ‘Amasele’ (‘The Frog’)‚ because he plays his peeano at night when the prison is quiet. To the Zulus the frog makes always the loudest music at night‚ much louder than the cricket or the owl. So it is simple‚ you see. You are the small boy of the frog‚ which makes you a tadpole” (230). Quote Analysis: This quotation said by Geel Piet‚ talks about how the prisoners think of Peekay as a tadpole. He is the tadpole and Doc is known as the frog. Geel Piet is foreshadowing that Peekay
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Frogs have sticky tongues that can catch prey that weigh up to 1.4x its own body weight. The reason as to why a frog’s tongue is sticky is due to the fact that its spit can change physical properties. The frog’s spit can go from a glue that is stickier than honey to a thinner fluid and back in enough time that it would have have been able to catch its prey. Instead of having saliva glands like humans‚ frog gets the saliva it needs from it tongue‚ which oozes out the saliva even when it has been taken
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The relict leopard frog is a species of frog that has been proposed to be on the endangered species list. The leopard frog’s scientific name is lithobates onca. It was originally a member of the genus Rana‚ but in 2008 it was removed and inserted into the Lithobates genus. This species is part of the Ranidae family. The typical frog is 4.48 centimeters in length. The top of the frog is usually a mixture of brown and grey with greenish brown spots on the front side of the body. The colors under the
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