• Question: how do you feed tree frogs and test their climbing abilities? :)

    Asked by mandm039 to Niall on 14 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 14 Mar 2013:


      I feed them on cricket. I just put the crickets in the frogs tanks, and they catch them themselves.

      I test their climbing by studying how they climb, and seeing how much of their foot they use, how much force it would take them to climb (using their mass and the force of gravity). I also can test just a single foot at a time by having the frog step on a force plate which measures how much stickiness each foot has.

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