Cool Frog Webinar

Last night from 8 to 9 pm I participated in a webinar from Save The Frogs. It was about helping frogs and why. It was very informative and it had cool pictures.  It was held by Kerry Kriger.   During the webinar, you were allowed to type in questions and every once and a while, he checked if there were any. First he talked about what frogs are and what Save the Frogs is. Then he talked about why people need to save frogs and how we can help. It was really cool. 
If you want to know about other Save the Frogs events, visit:  Save the Frogs event page
If you want to know about Kerry Kriger, visit: Save the Frogs- Kerry Kriger

Frog Fiction 2 !!!!

* If you want too see part one, scroll down untill you see Frog Fiction!!!! or use the link below. *
link to part one:  frog-fiction part one  
 

Hello, My name is Kaeru and I am a frog. Before I tell you the rest of the story, I want to tell you a little bit about myself. I am three years old, so that means about half of my life is over. I am a male green frog and I live in a swamp. It is very warm during the summers here, and that's when my story takes place...

 

 

... As I was thinking about my children (who had just hatched from their eggs) I heard a loud rumbling noise and the croaking of some animal I had never heard before, But they were LOUD.  I panicked. I hopped away as fast as I could. When I looked up, I realized the thing that was making a loud rumbling noise was shiny and grey. It was huge. It was swimming on the water at an unbeliveable speed and there were two other smaller(but still big)creatures on top of it. They were the croaking creatures. they were making noises that were wavy and loud and low and high all at the same time. They were tall and were very colorfull, except for their faces. Their faces were pale and flat and they had tiny eyes and mouths. they had some sort of bump between their mouth and eyes.  Suddenly the big grey creature stopped. The colorfull, pale-faced creatures were standing at the edge of the shiny, grey thing and they were holding sticks with strings going down into the water. One of them jerked the string up and it had a fish on it! it took the fish off and put the string back into the water again! I didn't want to abandon my children yet, but I didn't want to be eaten by the three large creatures either, so I left, at top speed!
I had to find a new home. I decided To make a home at a nice lake a little bit away. I was exhausted from all of the excitement, so I took a nap. When I woke up, the storm had stopped, and I couldn't hear the strange creatures anymore. I decided to check On my kids again. I wasn't sure how long I had been asleep, But was sure it hadn't been long. I tried finding them, but I had forgotten where my old pond was. I was starting to get hungry, so I stopped for a snack. I wited for a bug to pass by and, CHOMP! I wasn't hungry anymore, but i was wondering what what was going to happen with the rest of my life. It was starting to get really hectic, and fast!

Frog Conservation

I feel that lately I have not been making my posts serious enough lately, so today I am going to make a good, long post. The reason I made this blog is to raise awareness about conserving frogs. This post is going to be about how you can help conserve frogs.

One way you can help is donating money to non-profit organizations, like Save The Frogs. Helping frogs doesn't have to cost any money, though. You can help simply by turning off the lights when you aren't using them, or using less water for showers. Just doing little things like that will help frogs, and our environment.
One more thing that you can do is TELL PEOPLE ABOUT FROGS AND THAT THEY NEED HELP. this one is very important. (the other ones are too, of course!) the more people that know about it, the more people there will be who are doing something about it. You could send people a link to this blog, or any other website that deals with frog conservation. You could tell your friends. You could make an announcement at your school or work.
There are so many things you can do to help, and every person makes a difference.

Frog games!

 I found some cool frog games:
froggyville.com  
: A cool frog themed website that has games, jokes, links, and more!

pet games- frog
:  there aren't many frog games on this website, but they are fun!
racing frogs
: You have to be a member to play, you get to dress up a frog, feed it, buy it toys, and help it win races!

Frogs in Haiti

 I found an interesting article about  6 species of frogs that were  found that people thought were extinct!!!!
 
It is soooo amazing!!!! I cant believe that happened! I think that It is really great and that science and frogs will benifit a lot from this. This is a good sign that the enviroment is starting to recover.

John Roach writes:Conservationists have rediscovered six species of frogs in Haiti, offering a ray of hope for the country on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that left it in shambles.
"I am very wary of highlighting frogs at this time in Haiti. Obviously the country has very pressing needs, but I think ultimately they are a symbol of something more hopeful," said Robin Moore, an amphibian expert with Conservation International who helped lead the expedition that found the frogs.

Among the highlights are a frog that calls like a ventriloquist that was last seen in 1991 and only known from a few individuals; a frog with unusually striking blue sapphire-colored eyes; and a frog that's the size of a grape, one of the smallest amphibians in the world.

  haiti frog article
haiti frog slideshow

Really good definition from wikipedia

Here is a really good definition of: Frog

Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less", from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin salere (salio), "to jump"). Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits (fingers or toes), protruding eyes and the absence of a tail. Frogs are widely known as exceptional jumpers, and many of the anatomical characteristics of frogs, particularly their long, powerful legs, are adaptations to improve jumping performance. Due to their permeable skin, frogs are often semi-aquatic or inhabit humid areas, but move easily on land. They typically lay their eggs in puddles, ponds or lakes, and their larvae, called tadpoles, have gills and develop in water. Adult frogs follow a carnivorous diet, mostly of arthropods, annelids and gastropods. Frogs are most noticeable by their call, which can be widely heard during the night or day, mainly in their mating season.
The distribution of frogs ranges from tropic to subarctic regions, but most species are found in tropical rainforests. Consisting of more than 5,000 species described, they are among the most diverse groups of vertebrates. However, populations of certain frog species are declining significantly.

 It is very interesting if you want to know anything about frogs. It is a really great source. I Think you should read it. Here are all the parts of it:

• 1 Etymology and terminology
• 2 Taxonomy
• 3 Morphology and physiology
  • 3.1 Feet and legs
  • 3.2 Jumping
  • 3.3 Skin
  • 3.4 Poison
  • 3.5 Respiration and circulation
  • 3.6 Digestion and excretion
  • 3.7 Nervous system
• 4 Natural history
  • 4.1 Life cycle
  • 4.2 Reproduction of frogs
  • 4.3 Parental care
  • 4.4 Call
• 5 Distribution and conservation status
• 6 Evolution
• 7 Uses in agriculture and research
• 8 Cultural beliefs
• 9 See also
• 10 References
  • 10.1 Notes
  • 10.2 Bibliography
• 11 External links

 Link:
wikipedia frog definition

cool frog video

I found a really cool video about poison dart frogs. Don't worry, it's not as gross as my last video.(actually, it's not gross at all!) Anyways, I learned a lot of new things about frogs from this video.