The frame tale structure of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is one of its most important parts. In a frame tale, one story appears in—that is, it is framed by—another story. In “Jumping Frog” the outer tale focuses on Mark Twain and his meeting with the talkative old storyteller, Simon Wheeler.

Tone: The narrator telling us his story is annoyed that he’s having his time wasted this way and disbelieving in what he’s been told, but Simon has a tone of serene admiration in his retelling. Point of View: It is a first person narrator retelling a story told to him in third person.

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a satire that makes fun of the character Simon, who has a problem with gambling. One way of sharing this is how he tells this in the passage, “heck, if he sees two bird perched on a fence, he’ll bet which bird will fly away first.”

The main themes of the short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain are trickery and competition.

Smiley was monstrous proud of his frog, and well he might be, for fellers that had traveled and been everywheres all said he laid over any frog that ever they see. Smiley trained his frog to jump so well that no other frog could outjump it. Being fond of making bets, Smiley was very pleased to have a sure winner.

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The single best jump ever recorded by a laboratory bullfrog is 1.3 meters. Cuban tree frogs, on the other hand, can leap up to 1.7 meters. Scientists have previously explained this variation in maximum jump ability between different frogs as an evolutionary tradeoff: Bullfrogs can swim better.

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The team found that the frogs can use their very stretchy muscles to create energy to jump up to more than ten times their length. Researchers used high-speed cameras to study frog muscles, and the slowed-down video helps reveal secrets of the frog’s jumping abilities.

You can expect large frogs and tree frogs to jump approximately 1 foot forward and get a few inches height in their jump. Toads and other chubbier types of frogs, like Pacman frogs, don’t jump much at all, but can take small jumps forward if need be.

How high can humans jump? Let’s first consider the human jump capacity. Currently, the highest ‘standing’ jump is 1.616 metres or 5.3 foot and was achieved by a Canadian man named Evan Ungar in Oakville, Ontario, Canada on 13 May 2016.

Frogs have narrow, lithe bodies and long, powerful legs that help with hopping. They can jump higher and farther. Toads have squat, wide bodies and shorter, weaker legs that let them crawl or walk on the ground. Frogs usually have webbed feet, and toads don’t.

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Falls from more than 20 feet usually result in a trip to the emergency room, but even low-level falls can cause serious head injuries, according to the American College of Surgeons. This means that 50% of patients who fall four stories will die.

The official Guinness World Record for the ‘Highest Standing Jump’ is held by One Health Clubs Health Centre Manager Evan Ungar from Canada. He set that world record in May 2016 with a standing jump of 5.3-feet or 1.616-meters. This is an almost unfathomable feat because humans aren’t designed to jump this high.

Evan Ungar holds the world record for a standing jump, leaping 63.5 inches, and has a vertical of nearly three feet. But jumping higher than 50 inches is nearly impossible to do — and WIRED takes a deep dive into sports science to find out why.

Most of the impressive box jumps you see aren’t what they appear. That 14-year-old kid hitting a 50 inch-box jump is impressive, but it’s a product of a pretty good jump and fantastic hip mobility rather than pure explosive power.

A good high school athlete will have a vertical jump of 24 to 28 inches. A very good jump would be in the 28- to 32-inch range. An athlete with an excellent vertical jump would rise 32 to 36 inches. Anything above 36 inches would put a high school athlete at the top of his class.

Vertical Jump Norm Table

rating	(inches)	(inches)
very good	24 – 28	20 – 24
above average	20 – 24	16 – 20
average	16 – 20	12 – 16
below average	12 – 16	8 – 12

So for men, to have a good vertical jump the goal is to be able to leap up at least 24” or 2 feet high. Women on the other hand will aim for at least 20”….

Score	Men (in inches)	Women (in inches)
Very good	24 to 28	20 to 24
Above average	20 to 24	16 to 20
Average	16 to 20	12 to 16
Below average	12 to 16	8 to 12

Zion Williamson’s Duke vertical leap record is no more. Coach K says Zion Williamson — at 6-6, 280, set a Duke record for vertical jump at their testing — 45 inches.

Challenging: 5′ 10″ – 6′ You’ll need to jump roughly 24 inches to touch the rim and 30 inches to dunk a full sized basketball (assuming average arm length). While the height difference between a 5 foot 9 person and a 6 foot person is only 3 inches, it’s actually a lot easier around this height for two reasons.

it depends on who you are. Dunking is possible. Originally Answered: Can a 5 foot 6 person dunk? Let’s say you’re five foot six, with a 7’2 standing reach and weigh 135 pounds you would need a 34 inch vertical to touch the rim and a 40 inch vertical to dunk, so you would have to be hyper-athletic.

At the same time, an average-sized guy–say, 5-11–won’t have a chance without at least a little athletic ability. Dunking isn’t for everybody, but many men at least have a chance at pulling it off. Even so, it depends on a lot of variables for those on the fringe. Many guys have excess weight that keep them grounded.

There have been short NBA players who could dunk. Michael Jordan was said to be able to jump 46″ actually. However, that is extremely uncommon. According to this calculator , a 5′ 4″ guy with average arm length needs to jump 41″ in order to dunk.