Frog Went A Courtin is an English folk song that dates back to 1548 and has been changed many times and performed by many artists including Tex Ritter, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Here we use a 50 year old recording done by the American folk singing group The Brothers Four in 1961. which tells the story of a frog who takes a fancy to Molly Mouse, the hatcheck girl at the Coconut Grove. Watch Tim speed-paint this funny scene...
Frogs are amphibians and have some amazing abilities - they can actually predict earthquakes and scientists are studying them to find out just how they do this. Read more in the timtim article How Frogs Predict Earthquakes.
Here are some froggy facts: The eyes of a frog can be gold, silver, brown or green. The pupils can be round, horizontal or heart shaped. You may even see star-shaped or triangular eyes. Frog teeth are small and cone-shaped, and are found on the upper jaw. Frogs also have teeth on the roof of their mouths. The teeth hold prey before the frog swallows it whole. There are 6 to 14 frogs species in the world that have no tongues. One of these is the African dwarf frog. Frogs can jump 20 times their body length. They launch themselves with strong, back legs. All toads are really frogs from a different family of species.
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