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Why Do Red-Eyed Tree Frogs Have Multiple Eyelids?

6/23/202612 min

Maybellene asks: **Why Do Red-Eyed Tree Frogs Have Multiple Eyelids?**That's such a great question. It's a good thing that Chanel has the answer, plus a few extra red-eyed tree frog facts for Maybellene, Mike, and special guest John Sazaklis, author of My Life as a Red-Eyed Tree Frog!

John Sazaklis is the New York Times bestselling author of over 100 titles. He has illustrated Spider-Man books for Marvel, made pop-culture props for MAD magazine, written for the BEN 10 animated series, and even voiced The Grinch for a Dr. Seuss audiobook. John loves to learn. Art and Science are two of his favorite subjects. He loves animals and nature and creatively combines them in his work. John lives in New York City with his wonderful wife, dazzling daughter, and a bunch of books!

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Credits

Special thanks to

Maybellene & Maybellene's family, John Sazaklis, Michele Kraus Bennett, Cayley Pater, The Elakha Alliance, Teddy Albertson, and red-eyed tree frogs all over the world!

Clips

Glow-In-The-Dark Eye Escape
Storyboarding The Money Shot
Superpowered Frog Appeal
Researching Frogs At NYPL
Praying Mantis Glasses & Animorphs

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Maybelline0:00

    Hi, I'm Maybelline, and I'm 11 years old. Uh, my question is why do red-eyed tree frogs have multiple eyelids?

  2. Sunny the Snail0:09

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  3. Mike Bennett· Host0:35

    Maybelline asking us a question that I didn't even know was a question. [laughs] Why do red-eyed tree frogs have so many eyelids? Uh, I'm here to introduce my co-host and animal expert friend, uh, Chanel. Chanel, welcome.

  4. Chanel Hason· Host0:48

    [laughs] Hi. Yes, Maybelline, what a great question. So red-eyed tree frogs are often recognized by those big, red eyes, right? But what's less frequently seen is their gold vein nictitating eyelid, which is their third eyelid, which helps them camouflage and enables them to spot predators while they're sleeping. And if you find a photo of it, it's really fascinating to look at. Um, so when they sleep, their eyes are shut, but they have some ... It kind of looks like gold streaks across their eyelid with that nictitating eyelid. Um, so they can kind of see through it a little bit just to detect if any prey,

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