I chose to read an online article about the amphibian, Surinam sea toad. This toad is best known
for its remarkable reproductive habits. These sea toads are flat leaf-like
creatures, and are found in South America. Amazingly the toads do not have a tongue
or any teeth and are about eight inches long, when fully developed. Unlike the
majority of toads, the males of this species don't attract mates with croaks
and other sounds often associated with these aquatic animals. Instead they
produce a sharp clicking sound by snapping a bone called the hyoid bone in
their throat. Once the female is attracted, her eggs get embedded into her skin
and forming pockets making the momma toad’s back appear to be a brown honeycomb.
Once the babies are finished being developed, they push through the holes of
their mother’s skin and are ready to start their little toad lives. My first
reaction to this article was, “wow that sound so gross, but cool”. So I decided
to look up a video of this creature and the video was very interesting, it was
even better to see it in action! I thought that the author of this article
wanted their readers to be informed on the information given and it was great
to see organization patterns such as: classification and a little of cause and
effect and compare and contrast. I’m glad I read this article, not only did I
learn something, but I was also interested and intrigued by the reading
selection.
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