21世纪的2019年,该校有研究团队进行了包括“青蛙跳高实验”在内的一些水生动物及两栖动物跳高试验(详见附8)。据称,青蛙可以跳出自己身长的5-10倍的高度,目的主要是捕捉食物(Mid-sized animals, such as frogs or archer fish, may jump five to close to 10 times their body length, mostly to catch prey. )
关于蛙类,有文章分析了树蛙为何具备耐受酷寒、笑傲冰霜的特殊生理机制(《Cryobiology: Frozen Wood Frogs and Adaptations for Survival》,owlcation.com/stem/Fro...r-Survival),并对人类与蛙的生理特性进行了对比,指出蛙的耐寒能力与机理对人类的器官移植等具有重要的借鉴意义(Understanding how the frog's body responds to temperatures below and then above freezing may help us improve the cryopreservation (preservation at low temperatures) of human cells, tissues, and organs. These need to be preserved in excellent condition so that they can be transplanted into the patients that need them. Improving the preservation of organs would be especially helpful. At the moment, these are cooled but not frozen, which limits their availability to patients who need them. The organs eventually die unless they are frozen. Freezing and thawing are much more successful for small items such as eggs, sperm, and embryos than for large items such as organs. Frozen organs are damaged by cracking during the thawing process.)。