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TIME TO CATCH
YOUR BREATH
A male tree frog may croak 100 times
per minute for hours on end in order
to attract a female, and that requires
a lot of energy. Some of them can
croak at volumes above 100 decibels,
which is about as loud as a chainsaw.
Frogs are assisted in their powerful
sound production by a larynx that is
almost a quarter of an inch wide—
about one-fifth of their body length.