11 The Bullfrog By: Malik

12 TABLE OF CONTENTS MEET THE bullfrog…...…. 3 HOME SWEET HOME ….. 4 DINNER TIME…………….. 5 ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS… 6 LABELS……………………. 7 READ MOE/FUN FACTS… 8 GLOSSARY………………... 9

13 Meet the bullfrog Bullfrogs are green and brown frogs that have fast tongues. You can tell if it is a male or a female by the size of their eardrum. Most of them are found in the South.

14 Home sweet home The habitat of a bullfrog is anywhere with a lake or a pond.. This is their home Sweet home. Most bullfrogs live in lakes and other wetlands, such as rives, ponds, and marshes.

15 Dinner time A bullfrogs favorite food is anything that it can swallow. They eat birds, fish, turtles, insects and even other frogs. They also eat big bugs, fish and mice.

16 Animal Adaptations Bullfrogs are good swimmers. They can also leap 3 to 6 feet in one jump. They are also very protective of their territory. Male bullfrogs chase and Wrestle each other to protect what is theirs. In the winter time bullfrogs Dig big holes in the ground to hibernate in. They crawl into the hole And sleep for all of winter.

17 Diagram from Exploring Learning.com

18 Read More/Fun Facts The average bullfrog lives to be 4 to 5 years old. There are records of Bullfrogs living to be 6 to 7 years old. Bullfrogs have teeth in the roof of their mouths. A bullfrog gives off nasty toxic secretions from their poison glands.

19 Glossary Toxic – harmful or deadly Secretions- the process of releasing and oozing chemicals. Hibernate- to sleep for a long period of time usually in the winter.

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