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Are elephants afraid of mice?

It is because of the huge size of the elephant that we are so fascinated by the idea that a tiny mouse can scare him. People believe this, believing that a mouse can get into an elephant's trunk, causing him to suffocate. In fact, elephants are absolutely not afraid of mice!

Often you can see mice running around in the stall of an elephant in a zoo, while the giant does not pay any attention to them. And since the elephant has a very subtle sense of smell, it is hardly worth thinking that he is unaware of the presence of mice.

Even if the mouse muster up the courage and climb into the trunk, the elephant can simply take a breath and “shoot” it out of the cage.

Author: Likum A.

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Although frogs live on land, many frog species venture into the water when it's time to lay their eggs. This usually happens in the spring. The frog looks for quiet corners near the very shore of a pond or a small lake, in shallow water. At night or early in the morning, the female lays a certain number of eggs, eggs. They are connected in a solid mass, resembling jelly, and attached to some plant in the pond.

One small frog lays two to three thousand eggs. Large - from 6 to 8 thousand. Each egg is round, black on top, light in weight, about 1,5 mm in diameter.

Freshly laid caviar is no more than a teaspoon in volume, but then it increases several times compared to its original size. After a few days or weeks, depending on the type of frog, the eggs burst and tadpoles emerge from them. They have a tail fin and gills. At first, the gills are on the outside of the body. But gradually they are covered with skin, and lungs are formed inside the body and other changes occur. Paws develop. The hind ones show first, while the anterior ones remain underdeveloped until the last stage of metamorphosis occurring with the tadpole. The tail is absorbed by the body and completely disappears by the time the tadpole turns into an adult frog, ready for life on land.

The full transformation of a tadpole into a frog takes a week if the weather is warm. In cool weather, this takes a little more than a week.

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