FROG MONTH, NTL.
Categories: Animals, Fish, Insects, Birds
Location: United States
Type of Event: Monthly Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
Location: United States
Type of Event: Monthly Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
About National Frog Month
April is National Frog Month. How it started or where it came from, we’re not sure but it has been adopted by a number of organizations including Busch Gardens, which uses this month to showcase its 90 different varieties of frogs.
Listen to a North American Bull Frog:
http://c0026106.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/452c50e621a142509128fbf67fce4c8c_frog-001.mp3
According to Busch Gardens:
Instead of drinking water, frogs soak it into their body through their skin.
Frogs breathe through their nostrils, but they absorb about half the air they need through their skin.
Frogs use their sticky, muscular tongue to catch and swallow food.
Frogs living in the wild face many dangers and are lucky to survive several years. In captivity however, frogs can live much longer.
Frogs can see forwards, sideways and upwards all at the same time.
Frogs actually use their eyes to help them swallow food.
To learn more about frogs see:
http://www.buschgardenstampablog.com/April-national-frog-month-celebrate-busch-gardens
Photos below from Busch Gardens:
#1 Amazon Milk Frog;
#2 Ornate Horn Toad;
#3 Tomato Frog
Association of Zoos and Aquariums also has a program that you can take part in, FrogWatch USA. FrogWatch USA is AZA’s flagship citizen science program that invites individuals and families to learn about the wetlands in their communities and help conserve amphibians by reporting the calls of local frogs and toads. For over ten years, volunteers have been trained to enter their FrogWatch USA information and ongoing analyses of these data have been used to help develop practical strategies for the conservation of these important species.
Frog Watch USA is a fabulous opportunity for parents and teachers to introduce children to science and research…and save frogs at the same time. Learn more about Frog Watch USA at: http://www.aza.org/frogwatch/
Listen to a North American Bull Frog:
http://c0026106.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/452c50e621a142509128fbf67fce4c8c_frog-001.mp3
According to Busch Gardens:
Instead of drinking water, frogs soak it into their body through their skin.
Frogs breathe through their nostrils, but they absorb about half the air they need through their skin.
Frogs use their sticky, muscular tongue to catch and swallow food.
Frogs living in the wild face many dangers and are lucky to survive several years. In captivity however, frogs can live much longer.
Frogs can see forwards, sideways and upwards all at the same time.
Frogs actually use their eyes to help them swallow food.
To learn more about frogs see:
http://www.buschgardenstampablog.com/April-national-frog-month-celebrate-busch-gardens
Photos below from Busch Gardens:
#1 Amazon Milk Frog;
#2 Ornate Horn Toad;
#3 Tomato Frog
Association of Zoos and Aquariums also has a program that you can take part in, FrogWatch USA. FrogWatch USA is AZA’s flagship citizen science program that invites individuals and families to learn about the wetlands in their communities and help conserve amphibians by reporting the calls of local frogs and toads. For over ten years, volunteers have been trained to enter their FrogWatch USA information and ongoing analyses of these data have been used to help develop practical strategies for the conservation of these important species.
Frog Watch USA is a fabulous opportunity for parents and teachers to introduce children to science and research…and save frogs at the same time. Learn more about Frog Watch USA at: http://www.aza.org/frogwatch/
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