Kid Scoop News—February 2025

February 2025

Dear Readers,

of time, clusters of frogspawn float to the surface. Only about one in 50 will survive, but if you keep a watch, you’ll see tadpoles appear. During the metamorphosis, you might observe the legs and tail developing. February is also Black History Month. Bill Pickett was an American hero, a rodeo cowboy famous for ‘bulldogging.’ There’s so much to do, to read, to learn, and to enjoy this month. Happy February!

What could be more fun as a way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than a craft page brimming with ideas for making valentines to give to your friends? Follow the instructions and you can make a very cute little mouse, a butterfly pencil topper, or a love bug. President’s Day is Monday, February 17th. One of our past presidents had two alligators who were sometimes allowed to roam around the White House. Yikes! One president was a wrestler and another a

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tailor. Who knew? This page looks at the more unusual, interesting, and obscure facts about some past presidents. This time of year, female frogs find shaded, shallow water to lay their eggs. In a very short space

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Count by 3s to see what is lying on the snow.

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This albatross has lived twice as long as most birds in her species

lived so long that her band has had to be changed six times. Wisdom has likely produced 50 to 60 eggs in her lifetime and has raised as many as 30 chicks. This is remarkable for any wild bird. Today, albatrosses and their chicks face many dangers from predators, sea levels rising, pollution, and an increase in strong storms that destroy their breeding habitat. Wisdom’s long life is especially remarkable because she has had to overcome all these dangers. Scientists study birds by putting a small, numbered band on their leg. This helps scientists tell which bird is which. More than 275,000 albatrosses have been banded on Midway Atoll since 1936. Why Band an Albatross?

MIDWAY ATOLL – In November 2024, a Laysan albatross in the Midway Atoll islands laid an egg.

Read the articles on this page. Then answer the questions below!

Midway Atoll

Who is this article about?

Hawaiian Islands

Why is this news? This albatross is thought to be 74 years old. Some people believe this means she is the oldest bird in the world. In 1956, scientists put a small band with an ID number on her leg. They named her Wisdom. Her band number is Z333. When they put this band on Wisdom, these scientists thought she was about 5 years old. Most albatrosses live for 12 to 40 years. Wisdom is believed to be 74 years old. Wisdom has

What is the main news event in the article?

Where did it happen?

An albatross egg, seen above, is about twice the size of a chicken egg. They take about 60-79 days to hatch.

When did it happen?

Wide, Wide Wingspan

Did You Know…? Like other albatrosses, Wisdom likely spends the year ying around the North Pacic and/or southern Bering Sea, resting from time to time on the water to eat. Scientists believe that Wisdom has own more than 3 million miles over the open sea. That is like ying from the Earth to the moon and back six times!

Why is it newsworthy?

The wandering albatross is the largest member of the albatross family. This bird is one of the largest birds in the world. They have the largest wingspan, ranging from 8.23 to 11.8 feet. ACTIVITY: Stretch your arms out wide. Have a family member measure your “wingspan” from ngertip to ngertip.

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How many hearts can you nd on this page in three minutes? Have a friend try. Who found the most?

Hearty Mouse STUFF YOU’LL NEED:

STEP 1:

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

googly eyes (optional)

glue stick

Fold the heart in half.

Cut out two smaller hearts.

Cut out a big pink heart.

construction paper

scissors

black marker

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

STEP 6:

Help the mouse reach the cheese.

Glue small hearts to make an ear. Glue on a googly eye or draw an eye.

Cut out six little strips to make whiskers. Cut out a squiggly tail.

Glue on whiskers and tail. Use marker to make a black nose.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written step-by-step directions.

Love Bugs

STUFF YOU’LL NEED:

black marker

construction paper

glue stick

scissors

STEP 1: Cut out a large and a small heart shape, a large and a small circle, and two small strips.

STEP 2: Glue together as shown. Add spots and eyes with marker.

How many dierences can you spot between these two love bugs?

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Make a silly face and stand still like a statue. Sing the ABCs backwards in the style of an opera singer. Scratch your armpit and hop on one leg. Sing your favorite song as if you are underwater.

Pretend to sink in a huge bin of stinky socks. Pretend to slip on a banana peel in slow motion. Flap your arms like a bird and moo like a cow. Balance on one leg while singing Happy Birthday .

Lift a pillow, pretending it weighs 1,000 pounds. Rub your tummy and pat your head.

Pretend to be a dinosaur stuck in bubble gum. Walk like a robot whose battery is low.

Play air guitar while making silly faces. Pretend to climb a tree that’s 1,000 feet tall.

All you need is a small bag or bowl and three or more friends

to play with! Directions:

Cut out the coupons. Fold them in half and put them into a bag, bowl, or box. One by one, players select a piece of paper from the container. Two at a time, the players start performing their actions, without laughing. The rst person to laugh is out. Repeat this until only one person is left in the game.

Pick up a pencil with your toes.

Walk like a penguin.

Pretend to swim across the oor.

Touch your nose with your tongue.

VALENTINE WHISKERS MESSAGE STORIES FLUTTER

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

Draw a line from each Valentine’s Day message to the animal who wrote it.

“You make my heart squeak!”

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“I go bananas for you!”

“You’re purrrr-fect!!”

“You make my heart utter!”

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“I hope to sea you on Valentine’s Day!”

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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Come out and trot!

Camel! You have given extra work to the other animals.

Come fetch and carry things!

You can live on your humph!

Rudyard Kipling made up bedtime stories for his children. He wrote them down in 1902 and called them Just So Stories . Using a lot of imagination, these tales were fun ways to explain things like how the elephant got his trunk, the leopard his spots, and the camel his hump.

Come plow!

Grrrrrrr!

HEY! W-w-what’s happening to my back???

But how can I with this humph on my back?

Other animals asked Camel to help with their work ...

hen the world was new and the animals were just beginning to work for Man, Camel lived out in the middle of the desert because he didn’t want to work. Whenever anybody spoke to him, Camel just said . . .

That Humph-thing in the desert won’t work, so you must work double-time to make up for it!

After three days, the Man spoke to Horse, Dog, and Ox.

The Djinn warned Camel to stop saying “HUMPH.” But Camel said it again and again. So the Djinn cast a spell on Camel.

This made the three animals very angry, so they asked a Djinn (also called a genie) to help make Camel do some work too.

You have missed three days of work. Now you’ll work without stopping or eating for three days!

nd since then, Camel always wears a lolloping humph (we call it a hump now to not hurt his feelings). But he never caught up with the three days of work he missed at the beginning of the

world. And he has never learned how to behave!

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Why are they called Just So Stories? Put these sentences in order to discover the answer.

Rudyard Kipling wrote 12 Just So Stories. Do the math to complete the titles.

LOLLOPING ALPHABET CHAPTERS BEDTIME LEOPARD

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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How much do you know about presidents of the United States? Did you know the following facts?

Our 10th president, John Tyler, had the most children. Color the squares with even numbers RED and the odd-numbered squares BLUE to reveal the answer. Which president had the most kids?

President Herbert Hoover’s son had two pet alligators, which were sometimes allowed to run

Help the alligator reach its dinner. loose throughout the White House. Hoover was our 31st president.

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Andrew Johnson, our 17th president, was trained as a tailor in his youth. President Tailor?

The “S” in President Harry S. Truman’s name doesn’t stand for anything. Unable to decide on a middle name for over a month, his parents settled on the letter “S” in honor of his maternal grandfather, Solomon Young, and his paternal grandfather, Anderson Shipp Truman.

He continued to make his own suits—even while president. Can you find the two identical suits?

Wrestling West Winger

Our 16th president is one of our most celebrated. But not a lot of people know that he was a wrestler. In 300 matches, he only lost one. He is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame with the honor of “Outstanding American.”

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Ambidextrous Super Power! Ambidextrous means the ability to write with both hands. Not only was our 20th president ambidextrous, he could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other at the same time. Hold this page up to a mirror to read this president’s name.

Circle every other letter to reveal this president’s name.

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Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, was shot in the chest while giving a speech in Milwaukee.

“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot,” he told the stunned audience. “I give you my word, I do not care a rap about being shot; not a rap.”

He completed the 90-minute speech with the bullet still lodged in his chest. Afterwards he went to the doctor and survived the attempt on his life. President Roosevelt had many nicknames. As you complete each math problem below, those with even-numbered answers reveal one of his nicknames. The ones with odd-numbered answers are not. What do you think Roosevelt’s nicknames say about him?

PRESIDENT WRESTLING ALLIGATOR CHILDREN FREEDOM TAILOR

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.

Benjamin Harrison, our 23rd president, was the first president to have this in the White House. However, he was so scared of it—he never used it! What was it? The letters along the correct path on the maze spell the answer. Not for President Harrison!

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Follow simple written directions.

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It’s not easy for a tadpole to grow up and become a frog. There are many dangers along the way to adulthood. Help the tadpole hatch and grow up by having him follow the correct path through the maze.

The tadpole swims and eats small water plants.

A frog starts life in the water as a tadpole. It looks more like a fish than a frog!

Tadpoles hatch from jelly-like eggs.

The tadpole grows hind legs.

The tadpole grows front legs.

Gills close and lungs form.

Watch out! Frog eggs are a tasty treat for turtles, fish, and large insects. Rats, otters, and foxes eat tadpoles.

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Tail disappears and a little frog jumps out of the pond!

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that plants and animals progress through life cycles of birth, growth and development, reproduction, and death; the details of these life cycles are different for different organisms.

Leap through the lily pad patch. • Find the path that equals 10. • Find the path that equals 14. • Find the path that equals 19. • Find the path that equals 22.

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Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the article below and correct the eight errors you find. The first one is done for you.

Fatal Froggy

How does a frog protect itself from predators? Lots of animal like to eat to frogs—bats, herons, fish, raccoons, turtles, snakes, and even persons. Different species of froogs have different kinds of protection. The golden poyson frog is among the most poisonous frogs in the world. Its brightly-colored skin is a warning to predators that it is dangeris to eat. Only one type of snake is resistant to the frog’s deadly poison. The bright red tomato frog fools its enemies by puffing itself up to make it look to big to be swallowed. If a predator do try to eat the frog, it gets another nasty surprise. The tomato frog’s skin has a thick mucus that irritates a predator and causes it to release the frog.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Understand the meaning of words from context clues.

TADPOLE STICKY TONGUE INSECT HABITAT FROGS JELLY GILLS EGGS TURTLES LILY LUNGS

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.

These two tadpoles are pals. They are alike in many ways. But, they have some differences too. Can you find 5 or more differences?

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Science Investigation: Find similarities and differences in common objects.

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Look closely at each of these Valentine’s Day designs. How many hearts can you nd in each? Write down your answers. Then have a parent try. Who found more? Which design contains the most hearts?

Circle each of the four groups above on the large grid below.

Me: Parent:

To reveal the punch line to this riddle, circle every other letter below and write each letter on the blank lines. The rst one is done for you.

Me: Parent:

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FEBRUARY 2025

Tick the box on each day when you have completed 20 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

Imagine you are alone on an uninhabited island. Write a story describing a day in your life. Robinson Crusoe Day Being a member of Scouting builds character, citizenship, and fitness. Learn more about Scouting today. Boy Scouts Day Susan B. Anthony believed all people should have equal rights and that girls should get the same education as boys. Celebrate the birth of Susan B. Anthony today in 1820. George Washington was born on this day in 1732. Collect all your quarters, sort them, and count them up.

When’s the last time you got a new toothbrush? Dentists say we should use a new toothbrush every month. Children’s Dental Health Month Do you know the Judy Blume books? Do you know what the I.S.A.F. Club is in Fudge-a-Mania? Judy Blume’s Birthday

Celebrate the achievements of African Americans by naming three of your African American heroes.

If you could change your name, which name would you choose for yourself? Get a Different Name Day Do something special for your pet today. Clean out their bowls, brush them, wash their bedding, or take your dog for a long walk. Love Your Pet Day Make up a story today with a friend about a lonely polar bear. Polar Bear Day The first Monopoly game was sold on this day in 1935. Gather some friends and play a game today.

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on this day in 1867. Can you name her famous series of books?

What is your favorite book? Tell at least two people you know about your favorite book. Think up an invention that would help a disabled person in honor of Thomas Edison’s birthday today. National Inventors’ Day The February flower of the month is a violet. Draw a bouquet of violets and give it to your mother or grandmother.

Go outside and check on the weather. Then come back in and give your family a weather report. National Weather Service was established in 1870. If the groundhog sees his shadow, winter will last for another six weeks! Groundhog Day Why not show some love for your backyard birds today? if the weather is bad, jog on the spot or do jumping jacks for at least 10 minutes. Get an aerobic workout today. Go out for a jog or

Black History Month

Find out how to say “I love you” in different languages.

Umbrella Day This day honors the invention that protects us from rain and sunlight. Who is your favorite president? Find out about past presidents at whitehouse.gov/kids

Valentine’s Day Volunteer to read to younger students at your local library.

Write a letter to a friend or relative who lives far away. International Friendship Month

Library Lovers’ Month

Presidents’ Day

Invent some snack food today. Combine some of your favorite nuts, seeds, and fruits to make it as nutritious as possible. Snack Food Month

Join the Jump Rope for Heart challenge to improve your health and the health of kids with heart problems.

Today is the birthday of Levi Strauss. He invented blue jeans. Survey the class to see how many people wear blue jeans. How many people own more than one pair? Graph your results.

Today is Quiet Day. Speak in a low voice, no shouting, and make your classroom a quiet place today.

National Wild Bird Feeding Month

Ramp A has a smooth at surface.

Ramp B has a rough uneven surface.

On which ramp would a race car go faster?

When a car goes down a smooth surface like ramp A, it will travel more quickly because it has less surface friction.

Ramp B has a rough surface, which creates more friction when the car travels over it, making it go much slower than the car on ramp A.

Friction is what happens when two things rub against each other. Friction slows or stops moving things. A rolling ball eventually stops because friction between the ball and the ground brings it to a stop.

See Friction in Action!

Roll a ball from one end of a basketball court to the other. Pretty easy, right?

Now try to roll the basketball that same distance on grass or gravel. Friction makes that a lot harder to do!

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Starting at the same time, let them roll down ramp. What happens when they get to level ground? 2.

Get two plastic bottles. Leave one empty. Fill the other halfway with water.

FRICTION SCIENCE ROLLING RACING FASTER SMOOTH WHEELS RAMPS ROUGH SMOKE

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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February is Black History Month. This month in Kid Scoop News, meet rodeo great Bill Pickett—an American original!

Bill Pickett was considered one of the greatest cowboys. Born in Texas in 1870, Bill Pickett became famous for “bulldogging” at rodeos. His boss, Zack Miller, was the owner of a

During a rodeo performance in New York City, a steer ran from the arena into the stands. Bill Pickett and future cowboy star Will Rogers were able to capture the steer with no one in the audience being hurt. Help Bill find the runaway steer.

huge ranch in Oklahoma. He described Pickett as “the greatest sweat and dirt cowhand that ever lived—bar none.” In 1971, Pickett became the first Black person voted into Oklahoma City’s Cowboy Hall of Fame.

What IS bulldogging?

Being one of the best bulldoggers wasn’t enough for a showman like Bill Pickett. He added his own shocking ending to his bulldogging act. Use the code to find out what this was.

Glad you asked!

A B D E F G H I K L N O P R S T U W Y

ulldogging involves chasing a steer on a horse. Once in close range, the cowhand leaps out of the saddle and grabs the steer’s horns in each hand. Then, with boot heels digging into the ground, the rider wrestles the animal to the ground by twisting its head back and nose up.

Bill Pickett was the first black cowboy to appear in a motion picture. Pickett was featured in the silent film “The Bull-Dogger” in 1921.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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The cowboys and cowgirls have mixed up their boots on this page. Help them sort the boots into pairs.

Standards Link: Scientific Investigation: Match items by attributes.

BILL PICKETT COWBOY RODEOS SHOWMAN STAMPEDE PORTRAIT MOTION LASSO ORIGINAL HORSE WEST RIDER CITY HURT

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.

n 1994, the United States Postal Service planned to honor Bill Pickett as part of its “Legends of the West” postage stamp series. However, just before the stamps were to go on sale, a major error was discovered— the portrait on the stamp was NOT Bill Pickett at all! A new portrait was quickly created and the stamps had to be reprinted. To discover whose image was featured on the misprinted stamps, write the letter that goes with each number as it appears alphabetically. (A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc.)

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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I’m confused, Thrifty! The newspaper ad said that my favorite treats were on sale for $2.99. But when I got

Wow! Sales tax takes a bite out of my snacks before I do!

No, it’s not a mistake, Fritter. You forgot about SALES TAX. Sales tax is added to the price of many things you buy in stores, so you have to always keep that in mind when

up to the checkout counter, it cost $3.19! How can that be? Is it some kind of a trick?

guring out if you can aord to buy something!

Many things you buy at a store are taxed. That means you pay a little more than the price tag shows to pay the sales tax. Cities, states, and the federal government use tax dollars to pay for a variety of services and government functions. Unscramble the letters to discover some of the things taxpayer dollars buy.

Talk with a parent about sales tax. Ask them how they estimate the cost of something when they’re deciding to make a purchase. Ask them what other kinds of taxes they pay.

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Five Weeks of Kindness Experiment Two scientists at Ohio State University asked students who were feeling worried or sad to do three small acts of kindness twice a week for ve weeks. The students did things like:

ost people agree that doing kind things for others makes them feel good. Scientists now believe doing kind things for others is also good for you!

Kindness is Catching!

Please help me deliver these donations to the food drive!

Open doors for others.

Smile at people they haven’t met.

Volunteer to help someone.

When you do something kind for another person, it is catching. The person you are kind to will likely go out and do something kind for someone else.

Shovel a snowy sidewalk.

Carry someone’s groceries.

Give compliments.

Let someone cut in line in front of them.

Give someone a cookie.

Walk a neighbor’s dog.

Standards Link: Language Arts: Read informational text. At the end of the ve weeks, students reported feeling less worried and much happier. Being kind makes people feel good!

How kind! Someone surprised the teachers at Main Street Elementary School with owers. Can you nd the two arrangements that are exactly the same?

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Question of the Month:

Raising a Healthy and Responsible Digital Citizen

Reading Kid Scoop News with your child each month will introduce and provide practice using vocabulary that he or she will encounter in their school studies. If they don’t know the meaning of a word, you can explain it while reading together. Then have fun with words by doing the word searches and other puzzles.

A child might be able to pronounce a word, but not know what it means. Helping your child expand their vocabulary is very important to improving reading comprehension. Beginning readers must know the meaning of words before they can understand what they are reading. Kid Scoop News helps develop vocabulary when students discuss information presented in each page.

Reading something every day is key!

Experts agree that the time children spend on digital devices should be limited. At the same time, all kids need access to quality technology to thrive in a rapidly changing digital world. So, how do you help your child use their digital time responsibly—help them take care of themselves and show responsibility towards others online? Start a conversation with your children about respon- sible behavior online. This discussion will educate them and foster their future safety. Read each statement to your child and then discuss the possible answers to the questions following each statement. More Resources: Commonsense.org supports families with the reviews and advice they need to make smart choices in the digital age. Healthychildren.org is created for parents by the American Academy of Pediatricians. This site has an easy-to-use tool to establish a Family Media Plan. Discuss: How does this show you are responsible for your community? I don’t post or share information online if I’m not sure it’s true. Discuss: How does this show you are responsible for how your actions impact the world? I never tell anyone my full name online. Discuss: How does this show that you are responsible for yourself? I never share things about my friends online.

on’t miss this beautiful picture book, a Caldecott Honor winner! Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacic Northwest D EDITOR’S PICK by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News By Gerald McDermott

“The physical environment, oral literature, and traditional life of the Pacic Coast Indians come alive in this amusing and

Raven, the trickster, wants to give people the gift of light. But can he nd out where Sky Chief keeps it? And if he does, will he be able

well-conceived picture book.” — School Library Journal

to escape without being discovered? His dream seems impossible, but if

anyone can nd a way to bring light to the world, wise and clever Raven can.

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Page 11 Fatal Froggy How does a frog protect itself from predators? Lots of animal like to eat to frogs—bats, herons, sh, raccoons, turtles, snakes and even persons. Dierent species of froogs have dierent kinds of protection. The golden poyson frog is among the most poisonous frog s in the world. Its brightly-colored skin is a warning to predators that it is dangeris to eat. Only one type of snake is resistant to the frog’s deadly poison. The bright red tomato frog fools its enemies by pung itself up to make it look to big to be swallowed. If a predator do try to eat the frog, it gets another nasty surprise. The tomato frog’s skin has a thick mucus that irritates a predator and causes it to release the frog.

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