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Hibernation: The frogs that live in colder climates hibernate. Some dig holes or find cracks in logs or rock areas. Their heart beats and breathing slow down and their body temperature reaches close to the outside temperature. ... When metamorphis happens [changing from a tadpole to an adult frog], the tadpole's tale...
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Frogs estivate to escape unusually hot or dry weather as well as the freezing temperatures of winter. Q. If frogs have to have wet skin, how do they survive during very hot or very dry spells? A. During extensive periods of heat or drought, frogs can enter a period of dormancy similar to hibernation called estivation.
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www.learner.org/jnorth/search/FrogNotes3.html
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4. Bring the frog indoors and keep it warm, active, and fed all winter. The advantage is that you can monitor and enjoy the frog. While mortality this way may be lower, hibernation normally extends the lives of those animals that hibernates and better prepares them for the breeding triggers of spring.
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www.fishpondinfo.com/frog3.htm
www.fishpondinfo.com/frog3.htm
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Frog Facts and Folklore: Properties of Toad Skin (1:31) ... The Vanishing Frog: With Jeff Corwin (53:39) ... The Vanishing Frog: The Vanishing Frog (6:46)
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Terrestrial frog species that cannot burrow find pre-existing burrows and crevices. Hibernation is most interesting in a species known as the wood frog. This species is found in northern climates, including Canada and Alaska.
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/415816/hibernation_in...
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; Thursday, June 06, 2002 ... The one advantage to this moist skin is that it can conduct oxygen, ... During hybirnation, frogs dig deep under or near a body of fresh water where they slow their metabolism and heart beat significantly. Diffusion of oxygen through the skin is adequate to sustain the animal until the spring warm up...
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485 March 16, 1957 Forest Preserve District of Cook County Daniel Ryan, President Roberts Mann, Conservation Editor David H. Thompson, Senior Naturalist ****:HIBERNATION OF FROGS AND TURTLES Winter is a serious problem in the world of frogs and turtles.
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Frogs bury themselves in the mud or under a rock. Even though frogs usually don't "wake up" until spring, they have been known to come out on very warm winter days. No one knows how a frog can tell when it's time to come out, but they do!
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studentweb.usq.edu.au/home/w0002089/sleepingfrog.html
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