Frogs Forever?
Here's a neat video of bullfrogs clumsily catching prey in gorgeous slow-mo from the Vancouver Aquarium.
They point out that amphibians are potentially facing a mass extinction, due to wetland reduction and chemical contamination. (Check out the crazy gender-bending effects of herbicides!)
They point out that amphibians are potentially facing a mass extinction, due to wetland reduction and chemical contamination. (Check out the crazy gender-bending effects of herbicides!)
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Mar 1, 2008. 10:08 AMKeith-Kid
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Amazing Video! I don't have anything to comment on the frog subject but... Slow-mo makes everything so much cooler. You see so many thing you could never imagine!!!! I love watching the fighting specials on National Geographic Channel cuz it looks so cool when the show the high-speed cam
There's a bigger threat from a fungal infection spreading round the world (about 25 miles a year) - it infects their skin and suffocates them. There is currently no vaccine or cure, and the only prevention is isolation and daily baths in fungicide.
Viva the Frogs!
I have a bullfrog I've raised from a tadpole, he's not quite yet this clumsy (or fat). It'll be a sad world indeed if those little hopper/bounders/blooppers go extinct.They are some of the most interesting creatures I've ever seen (alive). Let's hope habitat loss can be thwarted.
OH yah, the picture above is of my treefrogs, not my bullfrog.
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