My Last Post About Frogs

Frogs eat insects that are alive and moving. Insects that the frog wants to eat are its prey. That means frogs are preditors of insects.

Frogs are amphibians. They are cold-blooded. That means their body temperature is the same as the weather outside of the water temperature that they're in.

I have five tadpoles in a fishbowl. They are swimming in pond water. They eat the algae in the water. They are in my bedroom. Sometimes I look at them in the morning and at night. I'm looking to see if they're growing legs yet.

More Facts About Frogs

A tree frog can change colors to match what it is on. That is called camouflage.

A frog has teeth in its upper jaw and on the roof of its mouth.

Some animals molt, which means they shed their skin. They do this because they are growing bigger.

When a frog molts, it pulls its old skin off with its teeth. New skin is already on him. Sometimes he eats the skin.

The frog cannot drink water with its mouth. Water goes through its skin.

When a tadpole begins to be a frog, the gills disappear and it gets lungs.

Some Interesting Frogs

The bullfrog is the largest frog in North America. The United States is on North America.

Treefrogs are usually nocturnal. Nocturnal means they sleep in the daytime and hunt at night.

I went to Hawaii with my family over Christmas Break. It was snowy here and it was like Summer there.

Some Information About Frogs

Frogs lay their eggs in a pond or lake. They lay them in a group or a cluster called frog spawn. The eggs hatch in three days or up to three weeks. Different frogs' eggs take different times to hatch.

The frog's tongue is sticky on the front. Its tongue is hinged in the front of its mouth and it flips out to catch insects. It happens really fast.

Frogs hunt at twilight or rainy or cloudy days, because they are amphibians and they need to keep their skin wet.

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