Slow-motion view of the cricket frog belly flop. Rather than actually skittering across water like basilisk lizards do, the frogs were “porpoising”—leaping from the water as they swim.

Cricket frogs can’t walk (or hop) on water like once thought. Their bodies sink below the surface between successive jumps, researchers report in the November Journal of Experimental Biology.

Cricket frogs, which live in Virginia and North Carolina (USA), demonstrate an incredible ability to "run" on the surface of the water. These amphibians challenge scientific understanding of animal ...

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How do they do it? In their studies, Socha’s team members found that popular opinions generally state that the frog crosses the water without sinking, but doing so might still require a highly ...

Frogs that seem to skitter across the surface of water as though it were solid land use a hilariously unexpected way to do so. Rather than bouncing like a skipped stone, these tricky amphibians ...

Glass frogs also have a unique circulatory system, with veins that are closer to the surface of the skin. This allows the oxygen-rich blood to be visible through the skin ...

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Researchers led by Jake Socha discovered that cricket frogs in Virginia and North Carolina use unique 'fast-moving belly flops' to jump multiple times on water, a behavior called 'skittering'.

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So hopefully by now you know, the water is NOT safe to drink in Playa del Carmen. I hope this Playa del Carmen water safety guide was helpful in understanding the do’s and don’ts of drinking the water ...