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'Extinct' Yellow-Spotted Bell Frog Rediscovered After 30 Years
For 30 years the yellow-spotted bell frog was thought to be extinct but fisheries conservation officer Luke Pearce recently rediscovered the frog species in an Australian farmland. • Large Billed Reed Warbler Thought to be Extinct, in Afghanistan • Cerbalus Aravensis: A... Lady Gaga new BF: Kermit the Frog
Kermit the Frog had walked the VMA red carpet with famous singer, Lady Gaga, who's made a name for her self by wearing pantsless outfits. "Kermit actually decided to stay in the limo and leave his date at the...
created by LarryDeezell | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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844 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Twelve Frog Species Discovered in India
Researchers from the University of Delhi and the Free University of Brussels have discovered twelve new species of frogs at night while hiking in the mountains during monsoon season. The twelve frogs are of the... Human Consumption of Frog Legs Might Cause Frogs to Go Extinct
Humans are overindulging in frog legs according to recent research. Scinetists suspect that anywhere between 200 million to 1 billion of frog legs are consumed each year. This has detrimental effects on frog...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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2254 views | 10 recommendations | 5 comments
How to know when a species becomes extinct
How do scientists know when to classify a species as extinct? Animals such as the Yangtze River Dolphin, the Christmas Island Shrew and the Venezuelan Skunk Frog are all extinct, or close to the brink of... Amphibians disappear from Yellowstone Park
Frogs and salamanders are becoming more and more scarce in Yellowstone Park and researchers are blaming their decline on global warming. A find such as this is always a warning of danger, because frogs and... Australian researchers rediscover frog thought to be extinct
A tiny frog, that was thought to be extinct, has turned up again in Australia, in a remote area in the north.It is only 3.75 centimetres long and is called the Armoured Mistfrog, and hasn't been seen since 1991.... Holy Ribbiting Art!
"ROME - An Italian museum on Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as... Amphibian Extinction May First Claim The Frog
Many of us grew up watching friendly Kermit the Frog on a television show called Sesame Street. Certainly, we can remember reading the fairy tale of the frog that turns into a handsome prince after receiving a...Frog's ears can change frequencies
Whenever someone nags, be it your mother or your significant other, one cannot help but want to be deaf to their dronings. The unusual Chinese frogs are gifted with this ability. Studies have shown that they can...
created by jessica.lam | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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613 views | 2 recommendations | 7 comments
'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws
""Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws. Trichobatrachus... Frog evolution debate resolved
A fossil of an amphibian found in Texas in 1995 appears to have put an end to a lengthy debate about the evolution of frogs and salamanders."The fossilized creature, known as Gerobatrachus hottoni, proves that...
created by Rachel Nixon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
2936 views | 5 recommendations | 28 comments
2936 views | 5 recommendations | 28 comments
Beware the toads...what's in your emergency kit?
UPDATE: CNN has a video of the Bakersfield "frogswarm"Here's an interesting article from the "Unknown Country" website that just might make you go, "hmmmmm.""In the days prior to the gigantic earthquake that devastatedSichuan province in China, oddswarmsof frogs were...
created by nukegingrich | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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474 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
FAMILY GUY "Crosses the Line"?
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYeah, I have to admit, it is Black Humour, but they say in Comedy, nothing is sacred, not even Michael J. Fox's Parkinsons which was featured in the Zorro skit. I...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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10389 views | 7 recommendations | 8 comments
Lungless Frog Adaptation Reduces Buoyancy :: Oblate Spheroid
"Barbourula Kalimantanensis - The frog, which has no lungs and breathes through its skin, was found in a remote part of Indonesia's Kalimantan province on Borneo island, a discovery that researchers said...
created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
1918 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
1918 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
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