Frog legs

Gravel crunches beneath my boots, creating an earthy mirror to the mumbling thunder in the distance. By my side trots my loyal companion, a hearty labradoodle who grins when I glance down at her. I pause at the edge of a drained pond, devoid of all water and the objective of the past two miles. “Where do you think they are?” I ask the dog. She looks at me with a blank smile. I hoped that somehow the dog would be able to track down the frogs the lay hibernating beneath the ground. She has no idea what I want or why I expect her to do it but she eagerly sniffs around, perusing for anything that will satisfy me. I feel saliva pooling up beneath my tongue as I think about the delectable fried frog legs that will reward me after I bring home the…

The African clawed frog is from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is part of the African species of aquatic frog of the pipidae family. The word xenopus means “strange foot” and laevis means “smooth”. Floppers is a tongueless, toothless and completely aquatic organism along with the rest of the pipidae family. Floppers uses his hands to put food in his mouth and down his throat and a hyobranchial pump to suck things in his mouth. Floppers (apart of the pipidae family) have very strong legs for swimming…

Frogs and toads are known as Anurans. Anurans represent the most diverse, and widespread of the three existent amphibian species. Anurans can be found throughout the world. Frogs can be spotted in urban areas and gardens. However, it is rare for the anurans to be seen in polar regions, as well as some oceanic islands and extremely xeric deserts, but anuran diversity is greatest in the tropical areas (Heying, 2003). The reason why anura was used to conduct this experiment was because the human…

The article “Eating Frogs to Extinction” by Ian Warkentin addresses amphibians, particularly frogs, contributes a significant role in the gastronomy of several cultures, thus leading amphibians susceptible to mass extinction. The article begins with a list of factors that is leading to the rising cause of amphibians’ extinction; from environmental degradation to community instability to individual mechanism. These factors include their role as important prey and predators, habitat loss,…

self-evolving being. A being with a human genetic code is man” (Noonan, 1970). The essence of who a man or woman is was present with them when they were a fetus. For example, I would not be who I am today without the genetic code that I have been given through my mother and my father. I did not develope my genetic code in the 28th week of gestation or at birth. According to the work of John Noonan, I had the genetic code that I have today as a zygote on the day I was conceived. One way that…

(MyFoxBoston.com) -- Hillary Cohen is a 26-year-old woman who has never known what it feels like to wear high heels, until Monday. "I mean this is very exciting. This is the first time I've seen the leg, it is beautiful - I feel very tall," said Hillary. Because of a medical condition that caused tumors to grow on her nerve endings in her leg, Hillary was forced to only wear flat, never heels. Then, two years ago at the age of 24, she made the difficult decision to have her right leg…

DAY Eileen holds up a vocabulary flashcard to Morris. Vocabulary flashcard reads: Extraordinary Morris mouths the word out. Eileen’s face glows. EILEEN You did excellent! I want to meet with you later for one final review. Eileen holds up another card, smiling with joy. Card reads: Magnificent INT. PHYSICAL THERAPY ROOM - DAY Morris wheels towards the walking bar, mouthing out five syllable words. He stops in front of the bar just staring at it. Yaffna stands near the table, which is on…

Fitchen talks about malnutrition in the United States, a country, which most people expect that it feeds its citizens well. She elaborates the cultural values and meanings that are attached to the opposition rich-poor on the image of a poor person buying a steak with a food stamp. She shows that domestic hunger often goes unnoticed, because those people who are poor enough to qualify for government food stamps, may be seen in grocery stores, purchasing not only basic food stuffs, but also…

Continue practising resting your ear in the water near your shoulder during your side glide.Also, make sure the arm by your side is completely still and beside your body. Good job Phillip! 6:45pm Ryder Level 3 (Incomplete) Ryder, you showed excellent progess this session and have demonstrated confidence in the deep end while doing your surface support. For your front glide and front swim, make sure your entire face is in the water, and you are continuously kicking your legs, as this will help…

The news article primarily emphasizes the point that infrastructure, namely roads, in Central America can be beneficial on frog populations and should not be restored because amphibian species have learned to adapt to human intervention. (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum 2016). The research states that active roads have a negative influence, but fortunately moderate infrastructural modifications may provide frog populations with more potential of breeding locations…