is a frogs butt water tight?
2007-07-14 14:40:33 · 2 answers · asked by maria 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
LOL!!! What? A butt is an outtie not an innie!! LOL. Thats funny though. Water doesn't go up your butt when your swimming, right? I think frogs are made for the water anyways.
2007-07-14 14:44:33 · answer #1 · answered by i love animals 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I rarely answer smart-alec questions, especially those that get asked every week, but...
Frogs technically do not have butts. They have cloacal ventral openings. The cloaca is controlled by a ring of muscles that can indeed hold the vent tight enough that water cannot freely pass in and out.
However, a frog's very SKIN is permeable- water and gasses MUST pass through it both ways or the frog will die. Therefore, no- it is not really truly watertight since the water and dissolved gasses would eventually permeate out and be replaced by fresh liquids.
2007-07-14 22:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋