• Question: what are the benefits of frogs having sticky feet ? Could having this be beneficial for humans if one day they evolved sticky feet ? :)

    Asked by ibelieveinkarma to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 15 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      Frogs have sticky feet to allow them to climb in the rainforest easily, sticking to vertical surfaces without gripping. It suits their lifestyle, as they spend a lot of time in the trees – hunting, hiding from predators, and nesting. Humans don’t have much use for it, so evolution of them is unlikely to occur.

      It would be awesome to be able to jump around spiderman style though.

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