Part of our night time reading is to go through the books in this series Investigate by Whitecap books.
a lot of our homeschooling around this house this summer has revolved around insects, spiders, frogs and toads. :) This book we've been reading for the past two weeks or so. and it's quite fascinating. It amazes us how creative God was ...even with something is simple as a frog or toad. :)
Tonight we read about four fascinating frogs/toads.
1. the Australian turtle frog. This frog is a front end digger and lays her eggs under the ground where they hatch into frogs NOT tadpoles. Odd looking thing isn't it? The pic below is taken from the above link.
Tonight we read about four fascinating frogs/toads.
1. the Australian turtle frog. This frog is a front end digger and lays her eggs under the ground where they hatch into frogs NOT tadpoles. Odd looking thing isn't it? The pic below is taken from the above link.
2. Lake Titicaca frog. The image below is from this site. this interesting rather quite ODD looking frog has no lungs and breathes through its' skin! It spends its' life in the water. unfortunately it is facing extinction.
3. Casque-headed frog. This frog has a natural tendency to seal off an opening with their heads. They move VERY quickly and can hurt themselves if startled. the picture below comes from here. These frogs are also in decline due to loss of habitat.
4. Duck-billed tree frog. This interesting little frog has a rubbery ridge around its' upper lip that helps to seal off it's hiding spot. It was HARD to find information about this little beastie. The image below comes from here.
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