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Frog Month Facts

More frog facts? Yes, please. (Dreamstime)

In the April issue of OWL, we shared a whole bunch of frog-tastic facts with you. But guess what? We had even more that we wanted to include—there just wasn’t room. So we’re sharing them with you here now (plus a cute video). Enjoy!

1. Africa’s Goliath frog is the world’s largest amphibian. It’s 33 cm (1 ft.) long—about the length of a school ruler.
2. Some species of frogs can lay up to 50,000(!) eggs at one time.
3. The shrinking frog of South America is the only frog species where the tadpole is bigger than the adult frog! Yup, that’s why it’s called the “shrinking frog.”
4. The word “amphibian” comes from the Greek word that means “both lives.” This is because frogs start their lives in water, and then live on land.
5. Many frogs can jump 20 times their own height. That would be like a human jumping 30 m (100 ft.) into the air—or as high as a 10-storey building!

And then there’s this guy! Meet the desert rain frog. Also known as the world’s cutest frog.

Happy Frog Month, everyone!

-Kendra, owlblog@owlkid.com

Contest Alert – The CN Tower Turns 40!

Quiz time: What do OWL Magazine and the CN Tower have in common?

1. They’re both tons of fun
2. They’re both totally Canadian
3. They’re both turning 40 this year

If you answered 3, you’re right! Congratulations!

And if you answered 1 or 2, you’re also right! WOOHOO!

To celebrate this awesome double birthday, we’re giving away 4 CN Tower passes to one lucky reader!

Head over to our new site, OWL Connected, for all the contest details.

-Katie, owlblog@owlkids.com

Nature Photography Day

Grab your camera, reader, because it’s Nature Photography Day today! Why not take a walk and keep your eyes peeled for cool shots? You never know what you could see.

OWL reader Holly got some great snaps. Check them out below.

Do you have any nature photography you want to share? Send it to us at owlblog@owlkids.com.

Happy snapping,

-Katie, owlblog@owlkids.com

OWL: 40 Awesome Years!

OWL Magazine began way back in 1976. In those 40 years, we’ve published 389 issues (and counting)! That’s about 14,000 pages worth of feature articles, comics, puzzles, jokes, contests, and more. Wow, right?

Here are a few more fun facts about OWL:

• The magazine was established in Toronto, Ontario. We’re still based here in an office downtown near the CN Tower (which is also celebrating 40 years!).
• It takes over 40 people to put a single issue of the magazine together each month. This includes editors, writers, designers, illustrators, photographers, printing staff, a marketing and sales team, and many more!
• In 40 years, OWL has held about 275 contests. You can enter our most recent one HERE.

Want to know more about OWL? Email us or ask away in the comments below!

-Kendra, owlblog@owlkids.com