Saturday, December 9, 2017

Jurong Frog Farm: What's the difference between frogs and toads? Hear a bullfrog!

Problem
Where can I go that's different? I like animals, and food. Please, no snakes nor crocodiles. I've done crocodiles. I don't like them, living, dead, swimming around in the sea, or in tanks.

They make a charge for tours. You must book.

Answer
Jurong Frog Farm.

What can you do? See frogs. Learn about frogs. American bullfrogs. Eat frogs (frogs' legs).

American Bullfrogs
How do bullfrogs get their name? Bullfrogs get their name not from their size and shape but from the noise they make, like a bull. Bullfrogs make this noise when defending their territory.

Frogs And Toads - What's The Difference?
Frogs are like fish (f for fish and f for frog). They have webbed feet and live in water. Their legs are longer than their bodies because they swim a lot, and also jump a lot. Their skin as flat and slimy, covered in mucus, for better swimming.

Toads
Toads can live away from water and have drier skin covered in bumps like warts. Their legs are not webbed and are shorter than their bodies.

Where can you get more information? Wikipedia for detail, the simplified Wikipedia for a faster and simpler explanation, Wikihow, online teachers' materials simplified and clarified for school and homework and go to the frog farm.

Eating
I don't like eating frogs. Or quails. The French happily eat frogs' legs and I admit having eaten quail and chicken. I can live without eating frogs' legs and quails. How about you and your family?

I suppose it's no different, from some people's point of view, to members of the public drinking milk or eating meat but also liking cows. No different to being a kindly farmer.

Where?
North of the island of Singapore.
Jurong Frog Farm
1 Lim Chu Kang Lane 6, Singapore 718864.

Useful websites:
http://jurongfrogfarm.com.sg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bullfrog
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1119055&q=bullfrog+recording (Hear a bullfrog!)

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

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