before belly flopping into the water, Weiss says. Finally, the frog pulls in its limbs to prepare for the next jump. Cricket frogs cyclically jump and belly flop their way across water.

back into the water Recovery, resetting for the next jump In a little more than a single second, the frog would take off while completely submerged, extending its feet in an underwater push to ...

This engaging little parable claims that if you plunge a frog into boiling water, it will immediately jump out. But if you put the frog into room temperature water, and then slowly heat the water ...

The cricket frogs' jump cycle includes: Takeoff, from a submerged position Aerial, or time in the air following a jump Re-entry, back into the water Recovery, resetting for the next jump ...

“Skittering is not actually a well-defined word for this behavior – one naturalist used it to describe a ‘jumping on water’ behavior in frogs in 1949, and since then, it’s been used for ...

But even without the notion of breeding there is the simple joy of hearing the telltale splash of a frog jumping into the water when I approach the little drainage stream on my way to, or home ...