flying frogs

Jambo! Mr. Nature here–and let’s go on safari to the South American rain forest and see the flying frogs.

These tree frogs live in the treetops and have the ability to use the webbing in their hands and feet as a kind of parachute, which allows them to make death-defying leaps and not get hurt. It’s as good a way as any to escape the attentions of the tree boa.

See what God the Designer can do with small changes in the basic format of an animal. Frogs are frogs, easily recognized; but with a little tweaking here and there, the same basic frog design can be adapted to just about any environment. You won’t find them on the ice-cap and you won’t find them in salt water; but they’re just about everywhere else. Even deserts.

Jambo, Mr. Nature here! And off we go to Borneo…

“When pigs fly” is a synonym for “never.” But don’t say “when frogs fly,” because there are already tropical frogs that do this every day.

The tropical Gliding Leaf Frog lives high up in the tree-tops and gets from one branch to another by… flying. The webbing on their front and hind feet works like a parachute, which comes in very handy in the mating season, as you can see in this video.

How many vastly different things can God do with the basic frog! Frogs that burrow, frogs that live in the water and never come out, and frogs that fly–all very like each other, but oh, so different!