This engaging little parable claims that if you plunge a frog into boiling water, it will immediately jump out. But if you put the frog into room temperature water, and then slowly heat the water ...

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As it descends, its front legs push forward into an upright Superman pose, before belly flopping into the water, Weiss says. Finally, the frog pulls in its limbs to prepare for the next jump.

The team found that the frogs actually sink with each jump. While "skittering" gives a picture of the frogs freely leaping about while only their feet penetrate the water's surface, the recordings ...

Most frogs jumped three to four times across the surface – and, surprisingly, were recorded fully submerged in the water before each subsequent leap. The team observed wild frogs jumping up to ...

To understand how the frog leaps on land as well as in the water, the team observed the frogs in a 20-gallon glass tank. Socha’s team found that the frogs do sink with each jump.

As they walked up "there would be a shower of frogs jumping back into the water,” said Knapp. That frog shower, which he'd only ever read about it, is now something he's seen himself.