By Linda Buckley-Archer
Formerly released as GIDEON THE CUTPURSE
1763
Gideon Seymour, thief and gentleman, hides from the villainous Tar guy. all of sudden the sky peels away like cloth and from the gaping gap fall curious-looking childrens. Peter Schock and Kate Dyer have fallen directly from the twenty-first century, because of an test with an antigravity desktop. ahead of Gideon and the youngsters have an opportunity to assemble their wits, the Tar guy takes to the air with the desktop -- and Peter and Kate's basically probability of having domestic. quickly Gideon, Peter, and Kate are swept right into a trip via eighteenth-century London and shape a bond that, they desire, will stand robust within the face of unfathomable treachery.
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When there is no food aboveground, frogs band together and stir up the mud at the bottom of their pond. This helps them find any tiny creatures that might be hiding there. Really desperate frogs will eat anything, anytime—even one another. Green frog Leopard frog 38 How do frogs swallow their food? With their eyes! After a frog catches a fly or other prey in its mouth, it blinks. This presses the eyeballs down against the roof of the mouth. The roof bends and pushes the food down into the frog’s stomach, all in the blink of an eye!
If their skin is not moist, they can’t breathe—and they suffocate. Are all frogs noisy at night? No, just the males. Both male and female frogs have vocal cords in their throats, just as we do. But in most species, only the males produce the sounds. They do this by pumping air over their vocal cords. To make the sounds louder, the frogs puff up their throats like balloons. They use these calls to attract females. 6 km) away. Where are frogs during the day? Some are hiding. These frogs keep cool and damp under rotting tree stumps, piles of leaves, mounds of mud, and around wells, docks, or bridges.
Then, it raises its tail and arches its back. , the smelly, oily liquid shoots out from under the skunk’s tail. How far can a skunk spray? Up to 12 feet (4 m). The smell chokes nearby animals and they flee. Even worse, the odor can last many days—as people who live in the country know only too well. As bad as the smell is, the spray itself is even worse. If it strikes an eye, the spray can cause burning and temporary blindness. Even one whiff can bring on a stomachache! Which skunk enemy doesn’t mind the smell?
