Frogs Jump Into COSI This Spring
FROGS: A Chorus of Colors Opens Jan. 24, 2009
Columbus (Jan 23, 2009)– Frogs: A Chorus of Colors is a traveling exhibition that introduces visitors to the amazing and colorful world of anurans – the frogs. These amphibians are among the most visually stunning, vocally pleasing, and adaptively remarkable life forms on earth. If you've never thought of frogs as beautiful, this exhibition will change your mind!
Visitors get eyeball to eyeball with frogs from around the world including delicate tree frogs, fat bullfrogs, bizarre horned frogs, giant toads, and elegant dart poison frogs. Visitors can also activate recorded frog calls, view videos of frogs in action, and perform a virtual frog dissection.
The exhibition explores all aspects of frogs: biology, natural history, their role in human cultures, their importance to ecosystems, and the peril they face in a changing environment.
The exhibition is also full of spectacular close-up photographs by world-renowned wildlife photographers Joe and Mary Ann McDonald, John Netherton, Michael and Patricia Fogden and others. These stunning images offer a glimpse of the vast pallet of frog diversity.
This special traveling exhibition runs from January 24 through May 17, 2009 and is operated by Clyde Peeling's Reptiland.
Fun Frog Facts:
What is the difference between a frog and a toad?
Toads are frogs. The word "toad" is usually used for frogs that have warty skin, short hind legs and live on land.
What is the world's largest frog?
The goliath frog of west Africa is the world's largest. It can grow to 15 inches and weigh up to 7 pounds - about the size of a newborn human.
What is the world's smallest frog?
The smallest may be the Cuban tree toad which only grows to 1/2 inch long.
How many kinds of frogs are there?
At last count, there were over 4,000 species of frogs worldwide, but scientists continue to find new ones every year.
