they always are crossing the road at night and I feel so bad when I have to hit them.
2006-07-27 10:58:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They are not necessarily crossing,they are attracted to the latent heat w/in the pavement
2006-07-27 11:05:14 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because these roads are crossing the seasonal migration route to pools needed for reproduction, or the route to hibernating grounds. So it is not the frogs that cross, it's the roads.
Nights are cooler, have no sunlight and if it rains, the frog has preferable conditions to keep its skin moist during the trip. Thereby avoiding the risk of desiccating.
2006-07-27 12:20:44 · answer #2 · answered by Jan M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hitting them is fun, they go *squish* *pop* *BANG!* (if your lucky).
They cross the road because they are kind of like worms (they come out of the soil when it rains). The worms do this because they need to get air. Frogs have to migrate and find a good moist dark spot that isn't being pelted by rain. And so sometimes they cross roads. I think frogs may also be attracted to wet tar.
2006-07-27 11:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by Darth Futuza 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know i am the same way you would think over time they would know but they like the heat of the roads at night and when it rains it puts of more heat
2006-07-27 11:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by covergurl_85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They like rain and they probably want to get to somewhere they relate to maybe the forest. Don't squish them you evil man!
2006-07-27 11:05:02 · answer #5 · answered by funeebb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 get 2 oather side
2006-07-27 11:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to run over toads...you get more points
2006-07-27 11:02:07 · answer #7 · answered by el.tuco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋