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Random Musings => Miscellany => Where The Wild Things Are => Topic started by: andyoxon on 09 June, 2008, 10:06:44 am

Title: Two things I didn't know about frogs...
Post by: andyoxon on 09 June, 2008, 10:06:44 am

 :)

1.They get attached to their usual home away from the pond.

I was cleaning out the shed and saw mr frog in a corner under a table.  Gently guided him out the door with a bit of bamboo, and along the outside of the shed a bit.  He stopped and wouldn’t budge – just kept on opening his mouth to warn me off.  I go back into the shed and carry on... a couple of mins later said frog comes hopping passed me back in to the corner.  Anyway there is a bit of a hole at the rear of the shed so he should be able to get out if needed.

2. They can 'walk' and not just hop.

After dark – I turned the outside light on, and a frog was looking for a tasty morsel and ‘stealth walking’ passed the plant pots.  I pretty sure it wasn’t a toad.  I’ve only ever seen our frogs hop before.

Title: Re: Two things I didn't know about frogs...
Post by: andyoxon on 10 June, 2008, 04:18:54 pm

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Why frogs hop and don't walk or run is one of the biggest questions in the study of amphibian evolution, and different experts have proposed different answers.

Ask a Biologist Q&A / Why do frogs hop? (http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=1119)

But they do!  I have seen a frog walk...  8)

aha... Environmental Physiology of the ... - Google Book Search (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oaS-OpEjPtUC&pg=PA397&lpg=PA397&dq=frogs+walking+&source=web&ots=N7gS7USK3E&sig=hTW_m2roA8VmIy5Vk2oxnoxbOyk&hl=en#PPA397,M1)

Title: Re: Two things I didn't know about frogs...
Post by: saturn on 10 June, 2008, 10:23:21 pm

Their legs were used as detectors in early electricity experiments  :demon: