Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Frog Hump


These frogs are doing their part to try to combat their own extinction. The "Amphibian Ark" is also trying to help. (actual website) Something like 1/3 of the world's amphibian population are at risk of extinction. One contributing factor is a fungus thought to have originated in Africa but has since spread to every other continent. One major factor in this spread was the export and distribution of one African frog species to hospitals all over the world for pregnancy testing. If you injected this frog with a pregnant woman's pee, the frog will lay eggs.

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