Some Australia Aborigines & Native Americans believe that frogs bring rain.
The Chinese see the "Toad in the Moon", not the "Man in the Moon." Toads are also considered one of the five poisons of yin.
Frogs are a symbol of good luck in Japan.
Some say you can tell what kind of year you’ll have by the first frog found in spring. If it’s sitting on dry land you will shed as many tears as it takes for the frog to swim away. If it jumps in the water you’ll have misfortune all year. If it jumps in your direction you’ll have many friends but if it jumps away from you you’ll lose some of your friends.
You cannot get warts from a frog.
Frogs measure from 1 inch to over 1 foot
in length, depending on species.
Frogs live between 4 and 15 yrs.
Toads & frogs eat other animals - usually bugs,
worms and bullfrogs will eat tiny baby fish.
Enemies of the frog include hedgehogs, snakes,
other frogs, and large birds.
Fossils of the earliest known frog were found in
Arizona at the Navajo Indian Reservation. Scientists
determine the remains to be about 190 million years old.
Frogs haven’t changed much at all since then.
One theory of science is that frogs grew their long legs as
a way to hop away from dinosaurs.
