Biodiversity > Nature's Superheroes > The Invasion of the Bullfrogs

>>FEMALE REPORTER 1: Hello, today's report includes important information on bullfrogs and how they affect different ecosystems by being an invasive species. An invasive species can affect ecosystems when they are predators and compete with other animals for food. Thank you, and we hope that you’ll enjoy our report.

>>MALE REPORTER: If we see this map, the red dots indicate all the places where bullfrogs have become invasive species. This includes Oregon, Washington state, and parts of South America,

Asia, and Europe.

>>FEMALE REPORTER 2: Bullfrogs have green skin that helps them camouflage and makes it harder for predators to find them. That helps the population to increase. Bullfrogs can eat almost everything and that makes it much easier for bullfrogs to survive. For example, they can eat animals such as spiders, mice, ducklings, snake, and other bullfrogs.

>>MALE REPORTER: Also, bullfrogs are an invasive species because they have a lot of fat and so that helps them adapt to different temperatures and climate zones. Another reason is that bullfrogs lay a lot of eggs at a time, so the bullfrog population is constantly growing.

 >>FEMALE REPORTER 3: There are many ways we can help solve this problem. One thing you can do is start eating bullfrogs. It might take some time to get used to, but many people in the southern United States love eating fried bullfrog legs, and this might help to decrease their population. Another thing scientists are doing is collecting the baby animals that bullfrogs usually eat, and they're returning them back into the wild when they have grown bigger and bullfrogs cannot eat them anymore.

 >>FEMALE REPORTER 1: We hope you enjoyed the video and that it inspires you to learn more about bullfrogs.