How Do Frogs Spend the Winter? A Detailed Explanation of Frogs' Overwintering Methods
Frogs have a relatively slender body shape and are mostly good at swimming. Their necks are not obvious, and they have no ribs. They are common amphibians. So how do frogs spend the winter?
1. How do frogs spend the winter?
Frogs hibernate through the winter. The body temperature of cold-blooded animals is affected by air temperature, and as the air temperature turns colder, their body temperature gradually drops as well. When the air temperature drops to a certain level, some animals will freeze to death. In order to survive, cold-blooded animals such as frogs burrow into the soil and enter a state of suspended animation to escape the severe cold, then come out again to become active after the ground temperature rises in the spring of the following year.
2. What are the habits of frogs?
1. Frogs are amphibious animals that live both in water and on land. They usually inhabit the grass along rice paddies, ponds, ditches or riverbanks, and sometimes lurk in the water. When young, they can only live in water; after growing up, they can live on land. When the weather turns cold in late autumn, they lie dormant in the bottom of the water or in burrows to hibernate, and when the weather warms up in the spring of the following year, they return to the water to breed.
2. Frogs are omnivorous animals, among which plant-based food accounts for only about 7% of their diet, while animal-based food accounts for about 93% of their diet. They are mostly active at night and mainly feed on insects. The vast majority of the insects they eat are agricultural pests, and they also eat some field snails, snails, small shrimp, small fish, and so on. Some people estimate that a frog can prey on 70 insects a day and can eliminate 15,000 pests a year.
3. Frogs can sing. There is a bulging sac near their mouths that can produce sound. They love to sing most on rainy summer days, and they call most joyfully after heavy rain. If one calls, the ones nearby will also call along with it. At such times, dozens or even hundreds of frogs will croak “ribbit, ribbit” endlessly.