Observe in slow motion how North American toads change the potential energy in their hind legs to kinetic energy to power their leaps
Learn about how North American toads leap in this slow-motion video.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Everything humans left on the Moon is still there.Media Editor: Lauren Sims
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Are you “red-y” to find out?
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Overview of water moving through the hydrologic cycle, or water cycle: it evaporates from Earth's surface as water vapor, which condenses in the atmosphere, forming clouds and precipitation, which falls to the land and flows through lakes, rivers, and oceans, from which water evaporates as the cycle repeats.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)What's the chemistry of hibernation?
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Real-time and slow-motion footage of a toad seizing prey with its tongue.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The life cycle of a North American toad.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) is a strong jumper common in many parts of North America.
