Page 60 - Amphibian

Friends and enemies In tropical areas, bats have learned to home in
THREATENED BY BATS
on calling frogs, but bats do not have things
all their own way. At least one species
of frog from
Australia is
Amphibians have few friends but many natural known to
enemies; they are eaten by a wide range of animals. eat bats.
To survive, most amphibians have evolved superb
camouflage colors and other means of defense
(pp. 16–17). They also produce large numbers of
eggs, and some have special ways of caring for their
young. People are the amphibians’ worst enemies: FROGS VS. MICE
Ancient Greeks used
we threaten their survival by polluting and de- animals in their fables
stroying their habitats. Burrowing animals often help to poke fun at political
amphibians unknowingly, by providing them with leaders. In this 16th-
century engraving
ready-made burrows. Sometimes different species of of the Trojan Wars,
the frog-people
amphibians will share a habitat or even burrow won the war against
together. Some people are friends to amphibians the mice-people
and try to protect them and their environment. when crabs pinched
off the mice’s legs.