Frog Drought

All across the country, frogs are affected by a very, very big drought. It is affecting other animals and plants, too. The drought was caused by there not being very much rain for many weeks. In New York City there is not a drought now, but there is in other parts of America like Ohio.

This corn dried up from the drought.

Ready or Not, Here I Come!

Animals do not say "ready or not, here I come!" I just wanted to make a funny title. It does seem like animals are playing hide-and-seek but it is much more serious than that: they are trying to avoid being eaten by predators. For example, a deer camouflages with  the background of its forest and field habitat to try to avoid being eaten by wolves, coyotes, or bears.

Shhh! This deer is camouflaged.

Shhh! The lion is stalking!

Animals camouflage their babies because they are vulnerable to predators and animals hide from humans because they think we are predators to their young or to them. Predators camouflage too. They hide to try to ambush their prey, like a lion blends in with the grass of the savanna. We shouldn't disrupt their camouflage: then we would be letting the predators know that their prey is there and letting the prey know the predators are there, that would be disrupting nature.