A frog's life

<p>This book is about frogs and their toad cousins and their fascinating amphibian lives. Frogs live all over the world even managing to withstand freezing their own bodies. Cold-blooded but astonishingly similar to animals biologically they perhaps offer a glimpse of a common ancestor.</p><p>From an egg protected and nourished by frogspawn through its development first as the vegetarian fish like tadpole to becoming the carnivorous frog “A frog's life” is a journey of discovery into the lives and habits of one of nature's most treasured and diverse creatures. Worshiped as a goddess by the Egyptians and for many cultures a symbol of good luck but for others a tasty treat.</p><p>A staple of French cuisine an invaluable aid to scientists biologists Amazonian hunters and an early warning system of ecological problems. A frog’s life explores the contribution of these amphibians with Evelyn Wood’s usual mix of fact and fun anatomical diagrams cartoons a quiz and colouring pages.  </p>