New fanged frog 'gives birth to tadpoles'

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New fanged frog 'gives birth to tadpoles'

#1  Postby DougC » Dec 31, 2014 10:40 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30643756
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For the first time, frogs have been seen giving birth to tadpoles.
Most frogs lay eggs and although some species give birth to froglets, newborn tadpoles are new to science.

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This species of fanged frog lives on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, and zoologists had chased it for decades because they suspected it would show this unique behaviour.
An international team has now described it for the first time, in a study published in the journal Plos One.
Dr Jim McGuire from the University of California, Berkeley, actually thought he was holding a male frog the first time he witnessed a birth.
In fact, he had in his hands a pregnant female and, suddenly, a clutch of brand new tadpoles.

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#2  Postby kennyc » Jan 01, 2015 1:38 pm

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#3  Postby Evolving » Jan 01, 2015 1:40 pm

Should that be "new fangled frog"?
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#4  Postby Arcanyn » Jan 01, 2015 1:56 pm

Maybe "new fangled fanged frog".
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#5  Postby kennyc » Jan 01, 2015 2:37 pm

Evolving wrote:Should that be "new fangled frog"?


Nope....

"This species of fanged frog lives on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia"
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