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Why Do Turtles Need Shells? Why Do Frogs Hop?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Why Do Frogs Always Jump?

Those frogs with the least toxin in their bodies have to be able to hop fast and far. Green is a good camouflage color so that you could blend into the grass or the cat tails around the edge of a pond. If they don't move it should be really hard for a predator to see them and catch them. Different colors are just kind of different methods of defense.

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