Can frogs die if you hold it all the time?

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Most frogs have very sensitive skin. Frogs breathe through their skin as well as with lungs, and they also don't drink - they absorb all the moisture they need through their skin. Because their skin is always moist, they also dry out easily - this is why frogs usually like to live near water.

If you hold a frog all the time, you can kill it because sweat or chemicals (soap, ink, anything else you've touched) on your hands will enter its bloodstream through its skin. Frogs are sensitive and fragile and this could kill them.

Also, the stress of being held by a person and the warmth (frogs are cold=blooded and not used to being held by something hot for an extended period) may stress the frog enough to kill it.

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