Frogs are fascinating animals that have unique behaviors and characteristics. A frog is an
amphibian. They lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch into a tadpole which lives in water until it
metamorphoses into an adult frog. Tadpoles look more like fish than frogs; they have long finned tails and
breathe through gills. An amphibian can live both on land and in water. Although frogs live on land, their
habitat must be near swamps, ponds or in a damp place. This is because they will die if their skin dries out.
Instead of drinking water, frogs soak it into their body through their skin. Frogs breathe through their
nostrils while also absorbing about half the air they need through their skin.
Frogs use their sticky, muscular tongue to catch and swallow food. Unlike humans, their tongue is
not attached to the back of its mouth. Instead it is attached to the front, enabling the frog to stick its
tongue out much further. Frogs can see forward, sideways and upwards all at the same time. They never
close their eyes, even when they sleep. Remarkably, frogs actually use their eyes to help them swallow
food. When the frog blinks, its eyeballs are pushed downwards creating a bulge in the roof of its mouth.
This bulge squeezes the food inside the frog’s mouth down the back of its throat.
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