Show frogs winter quarters at bottom of the pond r frogs bogs are just as industrious frost dodgers us ILS fire are birds but while the birds travel thousands 0 of miles to winter quarters the frog migrates but a few feet and that straight down tile the frog Is it a cold blooded animal like that of our big magnates magn atos and tins has no power to raise ills his bod ily temperature above that of surrounding water ur or air lie he can stand quite a bit of chilly weather and can even survive after being partially frozen for a short time but the smart frog avoids the frost at the first sign of ice forming on his favorite pond the frog empties all the air from his lungs and dives into the water burying himself in the soft mud at the bottom the ice may freeze solidly over the surface of the pond or lake but the frog selects a place deep enough so that there will always be some unfrozen water above his bed gethus tie thus gets gels enough oxy oxygen en through bis seln alln to keep hina alive although lie seems to be dead with the ice gone in spring a couple of warm days daya are usually enough to wake him up pathfinder finder magazine |