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    The document discusses several interesting facts about amphibians, including that frogs cannot live in saltwater, can survive freezing underwater by slowing their metabolism, absorb water through their skin, and can regenerate lost limbs. It notes that the first amphibians appeared over 370 million years ago, that the Chinese giant salamander is the largest species reaching 180 cm, and that the smallest frog is only 7.7 mm. It also mentions that a cave salamander holds the record as the longest-lived amphibian at over 100 years.

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    The document discusses several interesting facts about amphibians, including that frogs cannot live in saltwater, can survive freezing underwater by slowing their metabolism, absorb water through their skin, and can regenerate lost limbs. It notes that the first amphibians appeared over 370 million years ago, that the Chinese giant salamander is the largest species reaching 180 cm, and that the smallest frog is only 7.7 mm. It also mentions that a cave salamander holds the record as the longest-lived amphibian at over 100 years.

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    The document discusses several interesting facts about amphibians, including that frogs cannot live in saltwater, can survive freezing underwater by slowing their metabolism, absorb water through their skin, and can regenerate lost limbs. It notes that the first amphibians appeared over 370 million years ago, that the Chinese giant salamander is the largest species reaching 180 cm, and that the smallest frog is only 7.7 mm. It also mentions that a cave salamander holds the record as the longest-lived amphibian at over 100 years.

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    Interesting facts about Amphibians

    ● A frog cannot live in seas because saltwater damages their internal parts.
    ● If a frog freezes underwater, it will not die. It can lower its body temperature and
    slows down its metabolism and could survive for many months.
    ● Amphibians don't need to drink water. Because there moist skin absorbs the water
    when it gets into the water.
    ● If a salamander loses one of its limb it could regenerate its back.
    ● The first amphibians appeared on earth more than 370 million years ago during the
    Devonian period.
    ● The Chinese giant salamander is the largest known amphibian reaching 180
    centimeters.
    ● The smallest amphibian is a frog known as the Paedophryne amauensis measuring
    7.7 mm.
    ● A small cave salamander, the olm also known as “the human fish,” has broken
    the world’s record for longest-lived amphibian – the salamander has
    the lifespan of over 100 years.
    ● Eyewinks of frogs are transparent.

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