i look all over the computer and cant find anything/
2007-03-08 12:26:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
When the frog is floating in the water, as it often does, it uses it's lighter ventral side as camouflage. From beneath the frog, the ventral side blends in with the sunlight coming through the water. Yet when a predator is watching from above, the darker dorsal side blends in with the rest of the water. Pretty smart!
2007-03-08 12:29:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's camouflage.
When the frog hangs near the surface of the water with its nose and eyes out of the water, predators from below see the light ventral side against the light of the sky.
When predators look down from above, they see the dark dorsal side against the dark of the pond.
2007-03-08 20:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is so when predators are underneath the frog, they can't see it very well (the light side blends in with the sky). The dark side (dorsal) is dark so predators looking down from above can't see it very well. That's about as basic as you can get for that question lol.
2007-03-08 20:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by deadmeet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son said that the dorsal is darker to blend in from above and the lighter is to blend in from below. Hope that helps.
2007-03-08 20:30:38 · answer #4 · answered by Julie C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you look at the frog from above, it matches the ground and is camouflaged. If the frog is in the water swimming, and you are under it, its lighter belly is camouflaged against the lighter sky.
2007-03-09 01:49:31 · answer #5 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in the chapter. Look under the section on camoflage and adaptations.
2007-03-08 20:29:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋