What is the Boiled Frog phenomenon? First of all this refers to killing a frog‚ if you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water the poor creature will fight and jump and claw to try and get out of the danger of dying. If with the same situation you ease the frog into warm water and turn the flame up slowly then the frog will not fight because it will not sense any immediate danger and it will ease into death (ezinearticles.com). This basically means that the frog senses no danger and is lulled into
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Comparative Anatomy Title: Date: Aim/Hypothesis: To compare the anatomy of the cane toad and the rat in order to … Materials and Safety/Ethical considerations: List materials used in the dissection Explain the safety and ethical considerations when collecting and dissecting animals. You can refer to the email sent home about toad collection in this section. Method: 1. A rat and a cane toad were dissected to compare their similarities and differences in anatomy structure. 2. Newspaper
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professor is known as ‘Amasele’ (‘The Frog’)‚ because he plays his peeano at night when the prison is quiet. To the Zulus the frog makes always the loudest music at night‚ much louder than the cricket or the owl. So it is simple‚ you see. You are the small boy of the frog‚ which makes you a tadpole” (230). Quote Analysis: This quotation said by Geel Piet‚ talks about how the prisoners think of Peekay as a tadpole. He is the tadpole and Doc is known as the frog. Geel Piet is foreshadowing that Peekay
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Frogs have sticky tongues that can catch prey that weigh up to 1.4x its own body weight. The reason as to why a frog’s tongue is sticky is due to the fact that its spit can change physical properties. The frog’s spit can go from a glue that is stickier than honey to a thinner fluid and back in enough time that it would have have been able to catch its prey. Instead of having saliva glands like humans‚ frog gets the saliva it needs from it tongue‚ which oozes out the saliva even when it has been taken
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When I was thirteen years old‚ my mind was on frogs—dead frogs‚ to be specific. The only criteria that a frog had to meet in order to even slightly seize my interest was that it had to be dead. Several summer days were filled with me scouring the inside my pool’s filter‚ desperately searching for unfortunate souls that had met a watery end. Any specimens found would be placed under the knife of my beginner’s-level dissection kit. I took this fascination as a sign that a career in pathology was in
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The European Tree Frog‚ is a very common species of tree frog that resides in the terrestrial (forested) areas of Europe and West Asia. Also known as Hyla arborea‚ this frog belongs to the class Amphibia. The European Tree Frog utilizes trees and large plants as habitats. Due to this‚ the frog has round‚ adhesive toes that help enable climbing. This frog is genuinely amazing. All living things have structures‚ and each of those structures has a specific function. A structure is basically a part of
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A researched examination into the critically endangered frog species‚ Heleophryne rosei‚ with specific regard to its habitat‚ ecology and population. In addition to the various threats this species faces and conservation actions implemented to safe–guard its remaining numbers. L.S. Maistry - 212510816 Department of Life Sciences ‚ University of KwaZulu – Natal‚ Private Bag X 01‚ Scottsville‚ 3209‚ Pietermaritzburg‚ South Africa . Submitted: 19 August 2013 The focus of this assignment is a researched
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The relict leopard frog is a species of frog that has been proposed to be on the endangered species list. The leopard frog’s scientific name is lithobates onca. It was originally a member of the genus Rana‚ but in 2008 it was removed and inserted into the Lithobates genus. This species is part of the Ranidae family. The typical frog is 4.48 centimeters in length. The top of the frog is usually a mixture of brown and grey with greenish brown spots on the front side of the body. The colors under the
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However‚ these effects can vary greatly‚ with some species being affected greatly‚ and others not at all. For example‚ UV-B radiation can cause the skin of Gray Tree frogs to darken‚ and cause them to swim less. For others‚ like the Pacific Tree frog‚ this radiation can reduce larval survival and increase abnormalities in behavior and development. Other common effects include increased embryo mortality and behavioral avoidance. Interestingly‚ different populations of amphibian species can be differently
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TOPIC : Frogs NARROWED FOCUS : Species of Frogs THESIS : There are over 4‚000 species of frogs but our focus will be limited to the Poison Dart‚ Wood and Darwin Frogs‚ which all belong to the Ranidae family. INTRODUCTION : Frogs belong to a group called amphibians which begin their lives in the water as eggs and then tadpoles and when fully developed they live on land. Three distinguishing elements such as: their habitat‚ size and the reason for the names given to them will be highlighted
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