Thursday, May 13, 2010

Super Slo-Mo Frog Video Reveals Jumping Secrets

Super Slo-Mo Frog Video Reveals Jumping Secrets: "Watch mesmerizing video that's helping unlock secrets of jumping frogs, some of which can leap more than ten times their lengths. Video."
Posted by nhs2008 at 4:58 AM

2 comments:

  1. Alyssa CollicuttMay 16, 2010 09:31 PM
    After seeing the video it pointed out the facts that the frog uses a lot of mechanical energy in order to gain the height it has in its jump. Physics is something that can be taken advantage of to increase what the body can be capable of doing. If athletes were to take some of the advice on stretching and lengthen their muscles, they too would be able to take advantage of all their body has to offer. The frog has always been a fascinating creature in the way that it moves and it has some of the most advanced muscles out of any animal.
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  2. Like Alyssa, I, too, was thinking that athletes could learn a lot from these frogs. Although the article states that no mammal has the ability to stretch their muscles like frogs, i feel that with some form of special training, mammals, especially humans, will be able to obtain the jumping ability that frogs have. It is very interesting how these small creatures have discovered the ability to jump like no other animal.
    -Kinga Boratyn
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