Frogs
and Warts
People
get warts from a virus, not from frogs! Frogs have slimy skin to
keep them moist during the dry seasons. Some frogs have paratoidal glands
which secrete poisons. Their poisons can help protect them from enemies.
Some animals are immune to the frog poisons. So frogs have nothing to do
with warts!
The French and the Frogs
French
people have sometimes been called by the nickname "frog". Back
in the eighteenth century, when Paris was surrounded by swamps, the French
nobility that would visit Versailles apparently tended to refer
to Parisians as "frogs" because of the swampy surroundings. Only later
was the term used to describe the French in general.
Another story you may have heard was that American soldiers adopted the
nickname "frog" for the French during World War II because they ate frog legs.
French soldiers also hid well when camouflaged, just like frogs.
Other
people have heard that a frog was on the French Flag, before the Fleur
de Lis was adopted when King Clovis took the throne.
Frog
and Toad Phobias
Batrachophobia-
Fear of amphibians
Ranidaphobia-
Fear of frogs
Bufonophobia-
Fear of toads
Click here to read a frog fairy tale.
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