Nature’s top moments

From fancy footwork to climate-boosting moves, plus some powerful plants.

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT In the past, people used to put the poison from poisonous frogs on the tips of their hunting arrows. Hungry frogs like to tap dance Throughout the animal kingdom, lots of animals like to put on a dance display to attract a mate. A study published in January found that a certain species of frog also loves to tap its toes – but they don’t do it to attract a mate. Their tap dancing is actually a clever method they use to make their prey easier to catch. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in the US, studied the behaviour of dyeing poison frogs. These are very colourful and toxic frogs that only grow to around five centimetres long. They live in rainforests and swamps…

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The Week Junior (UK) (Digital) - 1 Issue, 472-473

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