{"id":574,"date":"2012-02-29T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/celebrate-leap-day-by-leaping-with-disney\/"},"modified":"2012-02-29T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T15:02:00","slug":"celebrate-leap-day-by-leaping-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/celebrate-leap-day-by-leaping-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Leap Day by Leaping with Disney!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Leap Day 2012 just happens to fall on Disney\u2019s Wildlife Wednesday, so it\u2019s the perfect opportunity to learn more about frogs, toads and other amphibians along with the guests of Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom.<\/p>\n

The Disney Blog posted an article by Kathy Lehnhardt, Curator of Education, Disney\u2019s Animal Programs about \u201cLeap to Help Frogs on Leap Day.\u201d <\/p>\n

Here are some reasons Lehnhardt lists why you might want to care about leaping frogs and their friends:<\/p>\n

Did you know that, according to some estimates, as many as one-third of the known amphibian species are threatened by extinction because of loss of habitat, climate change, pollution and disease? The good news is that every one of us can help amphibians leap ahead of extinction. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how:
\u2022 Invite a bug-zapping amphibian into your backyard by placing an overturned pot (toad abode) as a home
\u2022 Use fewer chemical pesticides on your lawn to keep amphibians healthy
\u2022 Build a pond, plant native shrubs, and leave leaf litter and logs in your yard to create a habitat for frogs
\u2022 Plan a family outing to a local pond to hear different species of frogs sing their love songs to one another
\u2022 Find natural alternatives to household chemicals so these toxins don\u2019t end up in amphibian habitats
\u2022 Take part in a local pond or stream clean-up to ensure that native amphibians will have a clean home
\u2022 Find books on frogs to discover why they sing loudly, hear well and stay up late
Beyond their beautiful chorus, frogs also provide a free pest-control service. Frogs eat billions of harmful insects annually, including mosquitoes and their larvae. <\/p>\n

Frogs also provide valuable scientific and medical benefits to humans. The skin of amphibians contains substances that can protect them from some microbes and viruses, which can offer possible medical cures for a variety of human diseases, including AIDS<\/p>\n

As usual, Disney makes learning fun. The next time your family finds itself in Orlando on a timeshare vacation, head to Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom. and join the fun at Rafiki\u2019s Planet Watch, where you and the kids can make toad abodes (special homes for frogs and toads) for your backyards, try leaping like a frog, listen to frog calls, examine amphibian adaptations, and meet some cool amphibians and their keepers on the Conservation Station stage.<\/p>\n

Check out Orlando timeshare rentals<\/a> and Disney timeshare rentals<\/a>. Your vacation will not only be \u201ctoads of leaping fun!” but budget-friendly, too!<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: http:\/\/disneyparks.disney.go.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leap Day 2012 just happens to fall on Disney\u2019s Wildlife Wednesday, so it\u2019s the perfect opportunity to learn more about frogs, toads and other amphibians along with the guests of Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom. The Disney Blog posted an article by Kathy Lehnhardt, Curator of Education, Disney\u2019s Animal Programs about \u201cLeap to Help Frogs on Leap…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}