kevbot5000
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Apparently particularly tiny frogs can't land. (something to do with their inner ear being too small)
Pumpkin toadlet best toadlet.
It's the size of a bumblebee.
Frog Tax
Source: https://defector.com/why-is-this-tiny-frog-so-awful-at-jumping/ (sorry if it's paywalled)
MrNohbdy
Baby American toads about the same size junp and land just fine.
MrNohbdy
Wow. I'm not sure what a junp is or why it's in my autocorrect dictionary.
SilentSlacker
Thats an interesting random fact I never knew about. Neat!
kevbot5000
Me either, that's why I figured I'd share it with the class.
buttbuttbutt9
A scientist was testing how far frogs could jump after loss log limbs so set up a frog in front of a ruler and said “jump frog jump” and 1/?
buttbuttbutt9
The frog jumped 2.5 feet so he recorded that “a frog with 4 legs could jump 2.5 feet”. So he cut off one leg and said “jump frog” and it 2/?
buttbuttbutt9
Jumped 1.8 feet so he recorded; “frog with 3 legs jumps 1.8 feet”. So he cut off another leg and said “jump frog” and it jumped 1 foot. 3/?
buttbuttbutt9
So he recorded, “frog with 2 legs jumps 1 foot” so he cut off another leg and said “jump frog” and the frog jumped only 6 inches. So he 4/?
buttbuttbutt9
Recorded “frog with one leg jumps 6 inches”. So he cut off the last leg and said “jump frog jump” and the frog didn’t jump. So he again 5/?
buttbuttbutt9
Said “jump frog jump!” And it didn’t jump, so he recorded “inclusive; frog with no legs becomes deaf”