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== Frogs in Science ==

== Frogs in Science ==

Frogs have often been the subject of scientific experiment, whether in high school [[science]] class [[vivisection|dissections]] or [[Voltaire's]] 1766 experiments, in which he discovered that frogs hear with their legs.{{fact}}

Frogs have often been the subject of scientific experiment, whether in high school [[science]] class [[vivisection|dissections]] or [[Voltaire's]] 1766 experiments, in which he discovered that frogs hear with their legs. The discovery that a frog's leg will kick if an electrical shock is applied to it was the scientific basis behind the reflex tests now common in doctors' offices.

The discovery that a frog's leg will kick if an electrical shock is applied to it was the scientific basis behind the reflex tests now common in doctors' offices.{{fact}}

Leviticus declares them unclean to eat.

Leviticus declares them unclean to eat.

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:''And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you.'' Leviticus 11:10.

[[Category:Amphibians]]

[[Category:Amphibians]]