Tag Archives: frog

Can you stop breathing? Frogs can………for winter

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Sarah

Things are dead if they stop breathing right? How about if their heart stops? I think I’d be pretty dead if my heart and breathing stopped for too long, in fact humans have only got about 4 minutes to be … Continue reading →

Posted in bizarre human breathing facts, how animals breathe | Tagged antifreeze, breathing, bugsicle, carbon dioxide, cryogenic, freeze, freezing, frog, frostbite, glucose, herpetology, hibernation, insect, oxygen, physiology, Rana sylvatica, reanimation, respiration, respiratory physiology, sub-zero, urea, winter, wood frog | Leave a comment

Whaaaat……eggs breathe? How amphibian and fish eggs exchange gases

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Sarah

Yes, embryos inside eggs need to breathe! This is going to be a big two-parter and we will explore how egg-laying amniotes (reptiles, birds and monotremes) eggs breathe in part two. First, let’s discover how amphibian (frogs and salamanders) and … Continue reading →

Posted in how animals breathe | Tagged algae, amphibian, amphibian egg, animal, anuran, breathe, breathing, carbon dioxide, cilia, diffusion, egg, egg masses, fish, fish egg, foam nests, frog, frog egg, Geocrinia victoriana, gills, larvae, metamorphosis, oxygen, perivitelline fluid, physiology, respiratory physiology, respiratory system, salamander, salamander egg, spotted salamander, symbiosis, tadpole, vitelline membrane, water breathing | 2 Comments

Positive versus negative pressure breathing: how frogs and mammals do it differently

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Sarah

Breathing is all about creating a difference in air pressure between the lungs and the environment. Air will then flow down its pressure gradient because gases (like air) always move from areas of high pressure to areas of lower pressure. … Continue reading →

Posted in bizarre human breathing facts, how animals breathe | Tagged air breathing, amphibian, animal, anuran, breathe, breathing, conserve energy, diaphragm, frog, frog breathing, lungs, mammal, mechanical ventilation, medicine, metamorphosis, negative pressure breathing, physiology, polio, positive pressure breathing, pressure gradient, respiration, respiratory physiology, respiratory system, science, stroke, ventilation | 2 Comments

From tadpole to frog: breathing metamorphosis

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Sarah

Metamorphosis is remarkable. A fish-like tadpole remodelling itself into a land-dwelling frog is a process so bizarre and fascinating that it continues to inspire the hoarding of containers of frog spawn for eyewitness accounts. One of the most dramatic changes … Continue reading →

Posted in how animals breathe | Tagged air breather, air breathing, anuran, breathe, breathing, frog, gills, lamellae, lungs, metabolism, metamorphosis, operculum, respiration, respiratory, respiratory physiology, respiratory system, tadpole, water breather, water breathing | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: frog

Can you stop breathing? Frogs can………for winter

Whaaaat……eggs breathe? How amphibian and fish eggs exchange gases

Positive versus negative pressure breathing: how frogs and mammals do it differently

From tadpole to frog: breathing metamorphosis

Recent Posts

Older Posts

Categories

Like me!

Recent tweets

Follow on Tumblr

Follow Blog via Email

Background photo credit

Meta