Lesson objectives:

Expand and clarify children's knowledge about frogs. Vocabulary: amphibian, molt, molting. Introduce riddles, a saying about a frog and the phraseology “loose tongue.” Exercise children in onomatopoeia. Develop small muscles of the hands. To instill in children an interest and humane attitude towards nature.

Equipment:

Pictures and photographs of frogs, cards with images of eggs, tadpole, fry, frog, colored paper, equipment for paper crafting.

Frog

Progress of the lesson:

Today we will learn a lot of new and interesting things about the well-known inhabitant of our Crimea. A riddle will tell you who we are talking about.

Riddle about the frog

Not a beast, not a bird,
Afraid of everything.
Catches flies -
And into the water - splash!

(Children's answers). What in the riddle made you think of a frog? What can you tell us about the life of frogs? (Children's answers).

Frogs have settled throughout our peninsula. They live in rivers, lakes, and ponds.
Frogs overwinter in groups at the bottom of reservoirs or somewhere under stones, in rotten stumps, or in rodent burrows. It happens that in winter frogs freeze into ice, but in the spring they still wake up alive and healthy.
Tell me, do you know how we breathe? (Children's answers). We inhale air through our nose, draw it into our lungs and exhale. So frogs breathe the same way, but not in winter. In a state of winter dormancy, they breathe not through their lungs, but through their skin. This is what helps them survive difficult and cold times. Well, if the winter in Crimea turns out to be warm, then the frogs may even hibernation don't fall in.

At the beginning of spring, all the sleeping frogs wake up and begin to feed. As soon as they feed themselves and gain weight, they begin to prepare for weddings. Weddings and frog songs most often begin after the first spring thunderstorm and folk saying notes: “The first thunder loosened the tongues of frogs and cuckoos.” How do you understand this saying? What does the expression “unloose your tongue” mean? (Children's answers). “Loose tongue” is when, after silence, they begin to talk a lot, or, like frogs, sing. What do we call frog singing? (Children's answers). Croaking.
Listen to how our frogs sing: “ah-ah-ah”, “bre-ke-ke...warr-warr...cru.” Only males sing and sing conscientiously, loudly and diligently. Let's try to perform frog songs ourselves. Repeat after me. (Onomatopoeia modeled after the teacher).

People have different attitudes towards frog singing. Some people like it and enjoy it. In Japan, for example, they keep frogs in the house and listen to their croaking. And in France, in the old days, rich people forced their servants to beat the water with sticks all night to stop the croaking of frogs. But the frogs don’t give concerts for long; as soon as the females lay eggs, the male frogs will subside. By this time, all the brides and the entire territory have already been divided by males and there is no need to shout: “This is my hummock, not yours!”, “This is my bride, not yours!”
Frog weddings always take place in water, since the female spawns only in water. There are a lot of eggs. First, tadpoles appear from the eggs, then they grow into these fry, and when the fry’s tails fall off, they become real frogs.
There is even a riddle about this:

Growing up -
She grew her tail,
She wore a dark dress.
Has grown up -
Became green
I swapped the tail for oars.

How do you understand the expression “traded the tail for the oars”? (Children's answers). Place the pictures in order, what happened first and what came next. (One child’s work with pictures at the board “egg-tadpole-fry-frog”).

While the frog grows up, it will molt four times. What does “shed”, “molting” mean? (Children's answers). Shedding means changing skin, and the time of skin change is called molting. The skin comes off first from the legs, then from the body, and when the frogs are freed from it, they immediately eat it.

Let's move a little, let's play fun game"Two frogs."

Game "Two Frogs"

We see them jumping along the edge of the forest
(Turns to the sides)

Two green frogs.
(Half squats left and right)

Jump-jump, jump-jump,
(Stepping from toe to heel)

Jump from heel to toe.
There are two girlfriends in the swamp,
Two green frogs
(Hands on the belt, half squats left and right)

In the morning we washed ourselves early,
We rubbed ourselves with a towel.
(Perform movements in accordance with the text)

They stomped their feet,
Hands were clapping.
Leaned to the right
They leaned to the left.
That's the secret of health,
(Walking in place)

Hello to all physical education friends!

Frogs feed on insects, but on occasion they eat tadpoles (both their own and others), fish fry, and snails. But their main food is mosquitoes and all kinds of midges. Listen to another riddle about a frog:

Riddle about the frog

The little animal is jumping, Not a mouth, but a trap. Both the mosquito and the fly will fall into the trap.

Frogs are wonderful hunters. During the night they eat whole clouds of mosquitoes and midges. These are the kind of helpers they are to people! But some people don't like frogs. They believe that if you pick it up, warts will appear on your hands. Firstly, this is not true, and secondly, why grab frogs with your hands. Their body temperature is colder and our hands seem hot to them, like stoves. And some, completely unreasonable people, believe that if you kill a frog, it will rain. What can you say about this? (Children's answers). Everything in nature was not created by chance, and every creature has the right to life. And to kill someone means not only to do evil, but also to embitter one’s heart, to make it cold and callous. But I am sure that you will never do that, because your hearts are kind and you love nature.

And frogs have plenty of enemies besides humans: Birds of prey, weasels, wild boars, martens, snakes and, of course, water birds. Which ones do you know? (Children's answers). Cranes, herons, storks.

The frog is an amphibian. Let's try to figure out for ourselves what an “amphibian” animal means. What words does this word consist of? How do these words relate to the frog? (Children's answers). Listen to the saying about the frog: “Maybe the frog is an amphibian because it doesn’t understand where it’s better?” That's right, amphibians are those animals that live both in water and on land. Maybe you remember some other amphibians? (Children's answers). Turtles, toads.

Listen to N. Sladkov’s story “Zhaleikin and the Little Frog.”

"Zhaleikin and the Frog"

Under a hummock in a damp swamp, Zhaleikin noticed a small, weak frog.
- Poor, unfortunate baby! – exclaimed Zhaleikin.

- How bad it is for you, poor thing, in this dirty swamp! Dark, damp, cold! But don't be discouraged! I will save you, you will feel good and cozy in my home.

At home, Zhaleikin put the little frog in the most beautiful painted box, laid soft dry cotton wool on the bottom, put the box in the warm sun and laughed cheerfully with joy.

Remember, little frog, my worries! You will now live in warmth, dryness and cleanliness. Not like in your dirty swamp!

But the frog is not happy. But the frog is not having fun. He feels very bad, he is barely alive. It overheated in the sun, dried out and became entangled in cotton wool.

When Zhaleikin saw him, he roared. He drenched the little frog in tears, and just in time: a little more - and the little frog would have died (died). Zhaleikin rushed with the frog to the swamp. The very same place where it’s damp, dirty and cold, but where the frog feels just as good as Zhaleikin in his warm and clean room.

Nowadays, in some countries, frogs have become rare. This is a warning to people: frogs must be protected! And in any case, do not take them from nature to your home, as if out of pity. In fact, by doing this a person destroys a living, harmless creature. Everything that exists in nature must be preserved, regardless of whether we like this plant or animal or not. There are no useful or harmful in nature, each is important, each has its own role and place. Folk wisdom says: “Where he was born, he came in handy.”

Now we will make a frog out of colored paper. And in order for everything to work out great, let’s train our fingers a little.

Finger gymnastics

Two funny frogs
(Children clench their hands into fists and place them on the table, fingers down)

They don't sit for a minute
(Sharply straighten the fingers as if jumping over the table)

The girlfriends jump deftly.
(Place palms on table)

Only the splashes fly upward.
(They sharply clench their fists and put them on the table again)

Paper construction "Frog".

Questions:

1. Where do frogs live?
2. How do frogs winter?
3. Tell us about frog weddings.
4. When do frogs croak? Do all frogs croak?
5. How do people feel about frog singing?
6. How are frog babies born?
7. Do frogs molt? When?
8. What do frogs eat?
9. Why are frogs amphibians?
10. Name the enemies of frogs.

After noon:

The outdoor game “Frogs and a Heron” and the musical game “About Frogs and a Mosquito” are played.

Learning the poem “Laughing Frogs”

(tell poems with your hands)

Goals: To develop memory, attention, motor skills, rhythm of movements.

Two laughing frogs
(Show index and middle fingers, pick up the rest)

They jumped and galloped.
(Image jumping in the air with fingers)

Paw - clap,
The other one is clap,
(The palm is rhythmically slapped on the leg)

The cheeks were swelling.
(Show roundness with fingers around cheeks)

We saw a mosquito
(Make a pinch of three fingers, depict the flight path of a mosquito, trace it with your eyes)

They shouted: “Kva-kva-kva!”
(The thumb is placed opposite all the others, depicting opening and closing the mouth)

The mosquito flew away like the wind.
(Make a sharp movement of the hand forward, extending the index finger)

It's good to live in the world!
(Stroking your chest with your palm)

At first, children only repeat the movements (slowly), then finish individual words, then whole phrases.

We learned only some facts from the life of frogs. Continuing the topic, I suggest reading Interesting Facts about the frog!

Frogs are amphibians and can live both in water and on land. They have lived on earth for more than 300 million years! Scientists have recorded more than 3,500 species of frogs! The most big frog— Goliath weighs more than 3 kg (although there was a record holder weighing 5 kg!) and reaches a length of 33 cm. One of the smallest frogs has a body length of 17 mm, and is capable of jumping up to 3 meters in length!

Average life expectancy is 18 years. Although some species live up to 36 years. But in nature, the frog has too many enemies, and therefore few become long-lived.

Frogs living in a pond are capable of laying eggs only after three years. Most species of frogs, after laying eggs, forget about their offspring. But there are also such interesting facts: hairy frogs hatch eggs in their mouths, and the snub-nosed frog in their stomach!

During the growth process, the tadpole experiences about 30 transformations! While feeding exclusively on microalgae.

Frogs do not drink water as such; they absorb it through their skin, just like air. They only partially use their nostrils for breathing.

The vision of this amphibian is also amazing. Not only can she look forward, down and to the sides at the same time, but she also does not close her eyes even during sleep.

It is believed that croaking is the very first sound heard on planet Earth! Although the croaking of some species of frogs is not at all similar to croaking, there are frogs whose singing resembles the sound of a flute and the ringing of a bell. In Japan, there is a frog that is kept in people's homes specifically to please the ears. She sings like a bird.

The hot sun is dangerous for a frog. At 39 degrees the frog dies from lack of moisture. The skin of a frog easily absorbs water, but does not give it away so easily. The mucus covering the skin does not give up moisture, which also helps it slip out of the bird’s beak, and also contains disinfectants. It is thanks to this property that Ancient Rus' the frog was thrown into the milk to prevent it from turning sour. For humans, frog mucus is absolutely harmless.

Although, of course, in nature there are many poisonous frogs that are dangerous to humans.

The contribution of frogs to science is invaluable. For example, the clawed frog can even determine whether a woman is pregnant. To do this, a woman’s urine is injected under her skin, and when positive result within 5 hours the frog will lay eggs! American farms extremely value the help of pest-eating frogs. They save about $30 each!

And this is just part interesting facts about frogs! They lived together with dinosaurs, they are poisonous, some frogs are eaten by people, they show us amazing metamorphoses. They certainly deserve respect.

In this video, watch a 4th grade student talk about amazing world frogs in the presentation:

Children's riddles about a frog

Now that we've learned so much interesting facts about the frog, you can solve it!

Where will you find it?
Well, of course, in the swamp!
Green like grass
He says: “KVA, KVA, KVA!”
(Frog)

We live in a swamp
We sing songs in chorus.
(Frog)

Paws come out of the fry -
Long-legged guys.
A frog is jumping in a puddle -
Long-legged... (frog).

Who is that sitting in the pond?
What is the name of this croak?
Green fatty
Her name is - (Frog)

On a hummock, soft as a pillow,
Croaks with delight (Frog)

Jump and splash along the path
Head four legs.
The head sang
Very loudly: qua-qua-qua.
(Frog)

Green, but not grass.
Cold, but not ice.
Sings, but not a bird -
This is such a tall tale.
(Frog)

Legs - flippers are green.
The pond is her “hut”.
Food - evil mosquitoes...
Same... ! (Frog)

Who lives in the swamp?
Sings croaking loudly?
They sleep in water lilies -
without a pillow?
It's obvious (Frogs)

Loves flies and mosquitoes
Yes it has a loud call,
All green I say,
House on a river and a pond.
(Frog)

Children's poems about a frog

Funny children's poems will also tell a fascinating story about the frog.

Frogs talking

— Kuma,
Are you coming to us?
- To you, to you
To you, to you!
I'm jumping to the water,
I want to catch.
- And who, whom, godfather?
- Crayfish, carp and catfish.
- When you catch it, will you give it to us?
- How not to? Of course I will!

(S. Ya. Marshak)

Frog and mouse

Little frog in the grass
I saw a mouse.
- How wonderful you are! —
He croaked loudly. —

How are you like this?
Have you become amazing?
Probably a lot
Have you experienced it?

The mouse said:
- I was born in the spring
And he was small
Like a hazelnut.

I grew up over the summer,
Walked my fur
And grains for the winter
I collected myself a handful.

The little frog sighed:
- And in my life
Everything was different -
Much more difficult.

First with caviar
I swam in duckweed.
But suddenly I have
Eyes have appeared.

I became a tadpole.
Long afterwards
I frolicked in the water
Tail wagging.

But then the paws
I have appeared
I croaked loudly
And he climbed ashore.

Caught a worm
Among the tall grass.
And here in the clearing
I met you!

Laughing frogs
Two laughing frogs
They jumped and galloped.
Paw - clap,
The other one is clap,
The cheeks were swelling.
We saw a mosquito
They shouted: “Kva-kva-kva!”
The mosquito flew away like the wind.
It's good to live in the world!

(G. Sapgir)

Little frogs

It’s raining like it’s coming out of a tub!
Little frogs disappeared into the puddle:
“We’ll wait here a little,
So as not to get wet in the rain!”

(A. Shibaev)

Little frogs

We used to be caviar, qua-qua!
And now we are all heroes!
They were tadpoles, qua-qua!
They beat each other with their tails - one-two!
And now we are little frogs, qua-qua!
Jump off the shore, guys! At-two!
And with a tail and without a tail
Living in the world is beautiful!

(V. Berestov)

From the market

-Where are you coming from?
A frog frog?
- Home from the market,
Dear girlfriend!
- What did you buy?
- A little bit of everything:
I bought KVApustu.
KVAsol
And KVartoshka.

(V. Orlov)

Have fun learning!

Sincerely,

Lyudmila Potsepun.

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Amphibians (or amphibians) are a class of vertebrate animals that have 4 limbs and have the ability to live not only on land, but also in water.

Amphibians have their own distinctive features. Their sizes vary from 10 millimeters to 90 centimeters. Therefore, a representative of the Amphibian class can have both a small and a large body. They have 4 bent limbs that are located under the body. They have large bulging eyes. Each representative has a long tongue, which is divided in half. The skin is moist, capable of releasing toxic substances. Amphibians breathe through their skin, gills, mouth and lungs. Distributed everywhere, with the exception of very hot or cold areas.

The class Amphibians includes salamanders, spadefoots, tree frogs, toads, and others. Representative of Amphibians is also frog is a very attractive and interesting species.

Some interesting facts about frogs

Frogs are representatives of amphibians that are distributed throughout the planet with the exception of hot and cold latitudes. In addition, they can live both on land, at a height of several meters, and in water, at great depths.
Frogs have smooth skin that can secrete toxic substances. Toxins secreted by the skin are needed by frogs for defense and for attacking prey. Bright skin color can signal that a frog is poisonous. Some frogs that are not able to secrete toxic substances can also have brightly colored skin, thereby protecting themselves.
Frogs are predators. They feed mainly on insects (wasps, flies, mosquitoes). A species such as the lake frog feeds on fry.
Frogs have a pair of teeth that are located in the upper jaw. With their help, she holds food before swallowing. It grabs food with its forked tongue.
The most major representative frogs is the goliath frog, whose length is 82 centimeters. She has a strong physique. The goliath's jump reaches 3 meters.
Kokoi is the most poisonous frog, having a greater degree of toxicity than the cobra.
Frogs can be used to determine a woman's pregnancy. To do this, a woman's urine is injected into the frog. And if after some time the frog lays eggs, then the result is positive.
In some species of frogs, the offspring reaches large sizes than the female herself. While the female is 6 centimeters long, her offspring are 25 centimeters long.
Not all frogs have the ability to “croak.” The goliath frog is mute, and some species are capable of singing. Certain species of frogs are capable of not only singing, but also grumbling, ringing, and groaning.
The frog is a symbol of good luck used in Japan. And in Ancient Egypt frogs were used as a symbol of resurrection.
The skin of a frog has bactericidal properties. That is why in ancient times, when people did not have refrigerators, the frog was thrown into a jug of milk, thereby preventing it from souring.
Frogs have special vision. The peculiarity is that the frog can simultaneously look up, to the side and down.
During sleep, frogs practically do not close their eyes. They keep them closed for only a short period of time.
During the growth of a frog, a tadpole has 30 stages of transformation.
Frogs drink water with their skin without touching their mouth.
Hot weather, especially the scorching sun, is extremely dangerous for frogs. At a temperature of 30 degrees the frog dies. This is due to the fact that the frog is a moisture-loving animal that constantly requires water. It is due to lack of moisture that the frog dies.
During the breeding season, frogs are in the water and then migrate to land. Frogs breed in the spring, during rains. It is at this time that very talkative male frogs take places on hummocks and croak loudly.
In France and South Asia, frogs are used as food. Frogs make up 1/3 of the population's total food supply.
In nature, frogs are used as exterminators of mass pests.
Frogs, unlike other species of the Amphibian class, do not have a neck, but have the ability to tilt their heads.
Many people believe that frogs are somehow connected with the other world, which is why killing frogs is undesirable.
During growth, the frog has a tail, and when it becomes an adult, it discards it.
Surprisingly, the frog has a brain! And also nerves and the spinal cord. But nervous system in frogs it is poorly developed.
The glands of the tree frog secrete hallucinogens that can cause loss of consciousness, memory impairment, and hallucinations.
The lifespan of the clawed frog is 33 years! But our frogs live for 17 years
Frogs have a 3rd eye, namely the 3rd. It is barely noticeable, resembles a wart and is located between the two main ones.
To push food into the esophagus, frogs use their eyes. They do not have the ability to perform such actions with their tongue, so frogs use their eyes, tensing certain muscles. This is why frogs blink frequently while eating.
But not all frogs lay their eggs in water. Species such as snub-nosed ones are capable of bearing their offspring in the stomach, and hairy ones - in the mouth.
Panamanian golden frogs perceive sounds not with the ear, but with the lungs.
The African frog has the ability to extend its claws on its limbs through its skin and then retract them. In this way frogs protect themselves.
Frogs have nostrils. It is through them that they breathe. But besides its nostrils, the frog can breathe through its skin.
Frogs are capable of jumping long distances. Representatives of frogs not exceeding 10 millimeters are capable of jumping up to 60 centimeters. And certain types - up to 3 meters!

Interesting video about the largest frog.

Frogs are large group animals belonging to the order tailless amphibians. Frogs are easy to distinguish from other animals by appearance– they have bulging eyes, a large mouth, a dense body, short front legs and long hind legs, there are special membranes between the toes intended for swimming, and adult frogs do not have a tail.

Pointy-faced frog

pond frog

The skin of these animals is always moist, because... covered with mucus secreted by skin glands. The color of frogs can be very diverse - from brown-green to bright red. Frogs are characterized by two types of respiration: pulmonary and cutaneous. On land, the frog breathes using its lungs, and under water it switches to skin breathing.

Spreading

Frogs are found almost everywhere; the most species of frogs live in tropical forests.

Lifestyle

Frogs are active in the warm season. To sunny hot weather they sit in the shade, and in rainy and cloudy weather they willingly walk around the surrounding area. With the onset of cold weather, frogs hide in damp places, under leaves or at the bottom of reservoirs, and can hibernate. Tropical frogs are active all year round.

Frog peeks out of the water

Nutrition

Frog hunts mosquito

Frogs feed mainly on insects - beetles, midges, flies, mosquitoes, etc. But on occasion they can also eat a small fish, snail or spider. Frogs hide in water or on land and wait for their prey. When a fly or other insect appears, the frog quickly throws out its sticky tongue, and the victim, sticking to it, goes straight into the mouth. Frogs hunt only moving insects; they do not notice or touch a stationary prey.
Frogs never drink water - all the necessary liquid enters their body with food and through the skin.

Reproduction

With the onset of the breeding season, frogs gather near fresh water bodies. The males arrive first and begin to call the females with loud croaking. Hearing croaking, the females also approach the pond. The lower and louder the male sounds, the more females respond to his call. When meeting a male, the female lays eggs. Frog larvae called “tadpoles” emerge from the eggs. Tadpoles are very different from adult frogs. They lead an exclusively aquatic lifestyle, breathe with gills, they have no paws, but they do have a tail. As a rule, tadpoles feed on algae. After some time, metamorphosis occurs - the tadpoles lose their gills and develop lungs, paws grow and the tail disappears, the tadpoles turn into frogs.

Tadpole

frog tomato

In India, there is a purple frog that lives almost all the time underground and only comes to the surface during the breeding season.
A tomato frog lives on the island of Madagascar; its body is painted bright red.
In South Africa and Madagascar you can meet unusual copepods; they can soar in the air, flying from tree to tree.

copepod frog

Brief information about the frog.

Frogs are amphibians that live in almost every corner of our planet. They can be found in almost any natural environment: in swamps, near other fresh water bodies, on the ground, on trees, and even in a hard layer of clay at a depth of several meters.

Of course, such a different way of life could not help but find its expression in the species diversity of these amphibians.

Frogs can be divided into three types: frogs themselves, tree frogs and toads.

The frog is an amphibian with great history and ambiguous associations.

Frogs are characterized by slightly lumpy or smooth skin, teeth located on the upper jaw, or swim membranes on the hind limbs.

The largest frog is. This “overgrowth” can reach up to three kilograms of its own weight, and its length can be up to 90 centimeters. The limbs of the goliath frog match its size and their strength too. Thanks to this, she is able to make three-meter jumps.

The smallest frogs live in Cuba, and the length of their bodies in adults is only 12 millimeters, or even 8.5 mm.

But those that do not have teeth. Their skin is covered with pronounced tubercles and is also darker and drier than that of frogs. Behind the eyes of toads are well-developed parotid glands. It is also worth noting that although toads are amphibians, unlike frogs they prefer life on land, being interested in aquatic environment only during the breeding season.

Toads are predatory amphibians whose lifestyle differs from that of frogs.

The largest toad in the world is, whose weight can exceed two kilograms. In addition, the aga is one of the most poisonous among both toads and frogs. But the smallest toad in the world is only 24 millimeters long.

The smallest family among the above are tree frogs. They differ from toads and frogs in that they have expanded discs on their fingers that allow them to climb up. Certain species of tree frogs are capable of “flying.” True, it’s difficult to call it flight in its pure form. Rather, it is not flying, like birds, but planning, like flying squirrels. This ability sometimes serves tree frogs well, allowing them to hide from enemies, since they can glide at a distance of up to twelve meters.

Frogs' vision is designed in such a way that they can look in different directions at the same time: up, sideways and forward. At the same time, they almost never close their eyes for more or less long periods, even during sleep.

Frog skin has bactericidal properties. People have known about this for a long time and therefore, to prevent milk from turning sour, they threw a frog into it.

True, despite their general harmless reputation, not all frogs live up to it. For example, in the jungle South America, and especially in the Colombian jungle, live the cocoy frogs, which are recognized as the most poisonous land animals on earth. The poison of such a frog is several thousand times stronger than potassium cyanide and is 35 times stronger than the poison of the Central Asian cobra!

It is worth noting that, being widespread animals, which have also long attracted the attention of people with their unusual behavior and no less amazing abilities, frogs have left a noticeable mark on world culture.

For example, the Japanese consider frogs a symbol of good luck. But in Ancient Egypt, the frog was seen as a symbol of the resurrection from the dead. Sometimes they were even mummified along with the dead. Presumably, this was due to the fact that many species of these amphibians, which live in cold and temperate latitudes, go into hibernation every year with the onset of cold weather, freezing, and then, as it were, resurrecting to life. This ability is explained by the fact that the body of frogs produces a non-freezing molecule - glucose.

Thanks to this, the liquid contained in the tissues of the frog does not form ice crystals, simply becoming similar to syrup, which allows the amphibian to survive.

In European folk culture, the frog is considered an animal that brings rain, symbolizing eroticism, fertility and fertility. Moist skin was perceived by many peoples as another symbol of life, in contrast to death, which was associated with dryness.

Among the Celtic peoples, the frog was considered the Lord of the earth and a symbol of healing waters.

For the Chinese, it is a lunar animal associated with the feminine power of “yin”. And the frog sitting in the well was a symbol of a person with limited understanding and horizons.

The Egyptians saw in the green Nile frog not only new life, but also abundant offspring, fertility, abundance, longevity and strength that grows from weakness. She was the protector of newborns and their mothers, and was depicted as the frog goddess Heket. It was also the emblem of the goddess Isis.

The ancient Greeks did not lag behind the Egyptians, seeing the wahs as the emblem of Aphrodite. Accordingly, the frog symbolized fertility, sex and harmony between lovers.

The Hindus, as always, gave everything a comic-philosophical character, calling undifferentiated dark matter the Great Frog that holds the universe.

In many cultures, frogs are represented primarily as a symbol of waters, resurrection and a harbinger of spring rains.

In Vedic myths, the frog symbolizes the primitive state of homogeneous matter (most likely, this was facilitated by the fact that the frog can live almost anywhere, being both in water and on land equally “at home”).

For Christians, the frog is a symbol of impurity and all the disgusting things of sin, evil, heretics, envy, greed and insatiable enjoyment of worldly pleasures.

These different qualities were attributed to frogs by different cultures, although it should be recognized that, as a rule, they were positive. This is not surprising, because, despite the fact that frogs are more than ordinary animals that live even in the fountains of big cities, they are at the same time an amazing example of survival in a wide variety of conditions, and amazing abilities that have always fascinated people whose eyes were ready to contemplate and study the nature around us.

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