# "Secret of frogs' jumping prowess revealed"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/53420>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [November 20, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/53420 "2011-11-20T10:22:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/53420/1 "2011-11-20T10:22:26Z")

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> PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 16 (UPI) – The ability of frogs to leap several times farther than their physiology would seem to allow lies in their tendons, not in their muscles, U.S. researchers say.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.upi.com/Science\_News/2011/11/16/Secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/UPI-38651321483688/](http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/11/16/Secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/UPI-38651321483688/))

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**Author:** ![1Alpha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/1alpha/32/190_2.png) [@1Alpha](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/1Alpha)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/53420/2 "2011-11-29T02:47:24Z")

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Wow! Cool article… I’ve always liked frogs for their jumping abilities… but, now, for their tendons! 😉

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**Author:** ![Bella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bella/32/1738_2.png) [@Bella](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Bella)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/53420/3 "2011-11-29T10:44:25Z")

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Frogs legs! 🙂 Delicious sauteed in clarified butter with garlic, white wine and fresh herbs…_mmmm_…

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No, no, I wouldn’t. 😮 Frankly, I don’t think he’d be good eating. 😮 His legs are too skinny! 😃

Bella

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/53420/4 "2011-11-30T00:57:05Z")

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> [@1Alpha](#):
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> Wow! Cool article… I’ve always liked frogs for their jumping abilities… but, now, for their tendons! 😉

Those kinds of tendons would be an awesome boon to a Parkour artist. 🆒

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> Frogs legs! 🙂 Delicious sauteed in clarified butter with garlic, white wine and fresh herbs…_mmmm_…  
> Bella

That sounds delicious even to someone who never had frog before. :o

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> [@Bella](#):
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> No, no, I wouldn’t. 😮 Frankly, I don’t think he’d be good eating. 😮 His legs are too skinny! :DBella

His companion on the other hand.. 😛

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**Author:** ![Bella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bella/32/1738_2.png) [@Bella](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Bella)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/secret-of-frogs-jumping-prowess-revealed/53420/5 "2011-11-30T03:01:27Z")

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> [@QuietGuy](#):
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> _ **His companion on the other hand..** _ 😛

ROFL! Yeah, _she_ belongs in The Bacon Poll thread! 😃 😮

Bella