Tree Frogs Chill out to Collect Precious Water

Tree Frogs Chill out to Collect Precious Water


Reference- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110929171705.htm

Summary- Researchers from the Charles Darwin University in Australia studied that tree frogs often plop themselves down outside on cool nights during the dry season in tropical Australia. When they are done they return to their dens. So the researchers decided to designed a series of experiments using real frog dens in eucalyptus trees and artificial ones made from pvc pipe. The researchers wanted to see if the frogs could collect enough moisture through condensation to compensate for what they lost being in the cold. They found that a cold night out the frog has .07 grams of water. However, a frog could gain nearly .4 grams, or nearly 1 percent of its total body weight, in water upon returning to the warm den.

Critique- The frogs hold get a good amount of water. When they go out and about.

Impact- I think that it is amazing what happens with the frogs. They gain weight by adding water to them.