AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Question
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Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth.
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Frogs never had any teeth.
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Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.
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Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg stew so she captured a frog and extracted its teeth one by one while chanting a Winnebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -THE NYMPHAI MELIAI were Naiad-nymphs of the Aegean island of Melos. They were transformed into frogs by Zeus as punishment for burying the body of Euphorion, a blasphemous youth who had tried to fly to heaven.
Detailed explanation-2: -We found that teeth have been repeatedly lost in frogs and at a much higher frequency than in any other vertebrate group. The evolution of edentulism in anurans is correlated with a microphagous diet and shortening of the lower jaw but not with a reduction in body size over evolutionary time.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some frogs have poisonous skin, so kissing could result in death. Other frogs have poison glands in their skin that can cause irritation. Amphibians are known to carry salmonella, so be aware that kissing frogs could cause some serious intestinal discomfort!
Detailed explanation-4: -In Japan, the frog is usually seen as a symbol of good fortune associated with magical powers. Because the Japanese word for frog is “kaeru", which is pronounced in the same way as “return", travelers carry a small frog amulet with the intent of returning safely home.