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		<title>California High School Accepts Challenge to Stop Animal Dissections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this press release from the Animal Welfare Institute. Washington, D.C. – April 25, 2011 – Rancho Verde High School in Moreno Valley, CA is the first school to accept a challenge by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) to discontinue animal dissections. In conjunction with the “Race to Stop Dissections” contest organized by Save [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2011/04/25/california-high-school-accepts-challenge-to-stop-animal-dissections/</link>
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		<title>Taddy is almost a frog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it has been a while since my last Taddy the Tadpole update. Taddy now has all his/her limbs.The back legs appeared the first week of February and the front ones last weekend, on April 2nd. The back legs were tiny little nubs that seemed to grow into legs. With the front legs it seemed as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2011/04/11/taddy-is-almost-a-frog/</link>
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		<title>A world of contrasts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I (Celia) have just returned from a fascinating ten day trip to Florida and Nicaragua with Pete (my husband). Because we packed so much into those ten days it seemed more like a three week trip. The first contrast of course was the temperature (minus 20° C in Toronto and plus 30°C in Nicaragua). After [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2011/02/20/a-world-of-contrasts/</link>
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		<title>The Tardy Tadpole Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it is well past update time for Taddy the Tardy Tadpole! As you may remember Taddy came to live with us in September  thanks to our granddaughter and her fishing net. Taddy has grown very large and his length has increased to 10.5 cm living on algae and pond fish food. He is comical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2011/02/10/the-tardy-tadpole-update/</link>
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		<title>Is dependency in nature cruel?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well here is another story from our home and our interactions with nature and animals. This was an amazing encounter and shows the crueler but necessary side of nature. We have  a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) living in our area and often see it hunting in the fields near the house. Seeing a Hawk in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2010/12/15/is-dependency-in-nature-cruel/</link>
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		<title>Taddy the Tardy Tadpole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six weeks ago my granddaughter Ella came to visit me at Digital Frog headquarters. Young kids love to visit our  fish and frog pond &#8211; Ella is not quite four and was very interested in seeing the fish. With net in hand off to the pond we went, as the little kids have never managed to catch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2010/11/04/taddy-the-tardy-tadpol/</link>
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		<title>A Blog about Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are remiss in writing blogs (too many other things that eat away at our time), so we sent out 100 copies of our Digital Field Trip series &#8211; and asked Homeschoolers to blog about them. WOW &#8211; were we ever impressed at the creativity, insights and writing skills  of these busy people who are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2010/10/20/a-blog-about-blogs/</link>
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		<title>Wetlands animal fact file: The beaver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our educational software is chock-full of information on organisms from around the world. In each Digital Field Trip we select representative organisms, provide information on each, then incorporate them into a major activity. With the beaver, it&#8217;s a Bog Food Web Game. (You can download a paper version of this activity by joining our Frogger [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2010/05/14/animal-fact-file-beaver/</link>
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		<title>Rainforest animal fact file: The Jaguar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our educational software is chock-full of information on organisms from around the world that we&#8217;d like to share here as well. This is all about jaguars, taken from The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest program. THE JAGUAR The word “jaguar” comes from “yaguar,” meaning “he who kills with one leap.”  Also known as “El [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2010/05/06/rainforest-animal-fact-file-the-jaguar/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Save the Frogs Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s April 30, which means it is Save the Frogs Day once again. Just a reminder that to mark the occasion, we&#8217;re having a one day only, Save the Frogs Day sale. Until midnight tonight, you can save 25% off any Digital Frog 2.5 license, plus we will donate 25% to the Save the Frogs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2010/04/30/its-save-the-frogs-day/</link>
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