SAVE THE FROGS DAY!
Today we are celebrating Save the Frogs Day! Many frogs are not doing well in the wild and it is up to us to help them out! You can check out the official Save the Frogs website to find out more on how you can help! Today we’re just going to tell you some fun frog facts & hopefully you will see why they are worth caring about!
FUN FROG FACTS:
- Frogs have been on the planet for around 200 million years! That means they could have been hoping with the dinosaurs!
- Frogs are amphibians!
- The largest frog in the world is the Goliath Frog! You can read about them here!
- The smallest frog in the world was just found a few months ago! Check them out!
- There are about 4,900 species of frogs on our planet and scientists are sure we have not discovered them all! Man that is a ton of frogs.
- A group of frogs is called an army! A group of toads is called a knot.
- Toads are frogs! Toads generally have warty skin!
- Frogs are cold blooded.
- The most toxic vertebrate is the Golden Dart Frog.
- Frogs absorb water through their skin.
- Most frogs hibernate during the winter.
- Frogs hatch from eggs.
- Frogs ears can be found right behind their eyes!
- Male frogs are the ones that croak, chirp, or ribbit. In fact frogs make all kinds of different sounds!
Here are two tunes by Kermit to help you celebrate! Frogs in the Glen and It’s Not Easy Being Green!
The Adventures of Ellie and Edmond 
I love frogs! It’s so sad they are suffering the effects of toxins and such.
It is the pits! Good thing there great organizations that are working to help them! The head reptile guy at Zoo Atlanta is working hard to help frogs in Central & South America! He is super cool!