нужно выделить герундий и предложить свои варианты
In the following text, underline the Gerund and suggest your variant of translation.

FATAL FROGS

Across South America one can find a variety of frogs unlike those found in Europe. Apart from being different colours, such as yellow and blue, these frogs are poisonous. Some of them are so poisonous that even touching them can be fatal. The Embera Choco people of Colombia have been using toxins from frogs for many years in hunting. However, since the arrival of other types of weapons in the rainforest, the art of making dart guns has started to disappear. However, it is still possible to find craftsmen making dart guns from the trunks of palm trees. The dart is covered with poison from the frog's skin. About 55 of the 135 species of South American frogs are toxic. The frogs are brightly coloured to warn predators against touching them. Some species of frogs produce toxins that are used for making painkillers. Number of species are being bred by researchers in the US to investigate the possibility of using toxins for our needs. By licking the frog's skin scientists can judge the level of toxins. There is no danger of being poisoned, though, as frogs in captivity gradually become less poisonous.​

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at last the winter holidays came! i was very happy!     i hadn't to get up early in the morning and run to school. i could stay in bed till midday. but i didn't want to sleep. there were a lot of things to do.

the weather was fine so my friends and i went to the skating- rink almost every day. it was fun!

then i spent a week in the country where my grandfather and grandmother lived. it was great. i drank milk and ate a lot of tasty food that my granny prepared for me.

i have many friends in this village because i go there every holidays.

we went to the forest to ski, we made snowmen and played snowballs. we even played hockey!

but the winter holidays were over and i returned to the city again.  i liked my holidays very much.

наконец наступили зимние каникулы! я был счастлив!   я не должен был вставать рано утром и бежать в школу. я мог оставаться в постели до полудня. но я не хотел спать. было так много дел.

погода была хорошая, так что мои друзья и я ходили на каток почти каждый день. это было весело!

затем я провел неделю в деревне, где   живут  мои дедушка и бабушка  . это было здорово. я пил молоко и ел много вкусной пищи, которую моя бабушка готовила для меня.

у меня много друзей в этой деревне, потому что я езжу туда каждые каникулы.

мы ходили в лес кататься на лыжах, мы делали снеговиков и играли в снежки. мы даже играли в хоккей!

но зимние каникулы закончились, и я вернулся в город снова. мне понравились мои каникулы.

there is an old legend - how to celebrate new year, so spend it. a friend of mine in new year's eve, when all dressed snowflakes and snow maiden, he decided to dress the military, and in the spring he was taken into the army. and another friend, poisoned cookies, i remember new year's eve half-sick in the toilet, and then it all year i complained that she was sick of her husband. so do not believe in omens then. new year's eve must meet so as not to wait for the whole year and then summons the army or nauseating husband. last i was particularly afraid. and i firmly decided for myself that in this new year will be all right. there will be a good company, a small house in the winter forest, candles and a fireplace. there will be a great dressing up the christmas tree will be gifts, champagne and toasts, the laughter and the clink of glasses and in this connection, i now completely understand how the new year's eve, i, like a year ago, again pancake was among strangers on a train. now i think that the proverb "as celebrate new year - so spend it" is not quite up to date. perhaps the saying was changed to "how to meet new year - so you will meet and the next," but i was not warned about this, radishes. i do not know. but lokomotiv moscow and warsaw, where i was several hours before the new year, was is packed full of celebrating people. on the table in the coupe rolled tangerines and bubbling champagne, and this was made from living branches, a christmas tree. to achieve the effect of the holiday, i turned on the laptop some old new year's concert, and five minutes before the battle of chimes - this secretary-general in writing. new year was greeted by the ringing of glasses, guessing the desires and shouting "hurrah! " around the car.