Photo by Well Tea (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDuring the spring these little frogs all come together for the annual mating ritual.\u00a0 Naturally, this is why they are so loud during those first few months of spring.\u00a0 Once a pair mates and the eggs are laid in the water, they basically hang out in the woods for the rest of the summer.\u00a0 Once winter rolls around these little frogs will take shelter under a log or behind some loose bark.\u00a0 At this point they basically let their bodies freeze as they hibernate throughout the winter months.\u00a0 For most animals, letting your bodies freeze is not a very smart plan but it works for this little frog.\u00a0 Luckily, they thaw out with the warm weather of spring.\u00a0 How is that for a cool party trick?<\/p>\n
Before we finish this Fact, I wanted you to listen to the most amazing sound of spring.\u00a0 Here is a single Spring Peeper celebrating that he actually thawed out after a long, cold winter.\u00a0 Nah, that isn’t true, he is just trying to find a girlfriend.<\/p>\n
I can listen to that all day!\u00a0 Well, that just about does it for the first Fact of the week.\u00a0 See all of you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
All of you are in for a nice treat this week.\u00a0 I am heading to Vancouver for a few days so you know what that means, right?\u00a0 Time for another Wild Facts Theme.\u00a0 This week we are going to keep it simple and learn a little more about natures indicator species.\u00a0 Yep, we are going to look at some frog species all week and we are starting it off with one of my favourites, the Spring Peeper.\u00a0 I love the fact that this frog is so small yet can be heard for miles.\u00a0 Add to that the fact that they <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[606,348,639,4025,1554,1552,1553],"yoast_head":"\n
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