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October 23, 2013
The Stalled Record
The Science of Winning Leaps at the Calaveras County Frog Jumping Competition The rules dictatethat each competitor’s frog is allowed three jumps in a row, and the distance of each jump is combined for the total score. The current record, set in 1986 by “Rosie the Ribiter” and jockey Lee Giudici, is 21 feet, 5 3/4 inches: 7.16 feet per jump. On average, the scientists observed that at the recent Jubilee, the jockeys’ frogs jumped nearly 5 feet per attempt.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 23, 2013 6:03 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Interesting but not surprising they have reached the natural limit of froggy ability. I'd wager that if the stakes were raised, you would soon see frogs hopped up (heh!) on steroids and stimulants, followed shortly (if enough money were involved) by mutant gene-spliced FrankenFrogs. Leap on, dudes!
Posted by: SteveS at October 23, 2013 1:10 PM