Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Science is Cool: Lungless Frog?


Photo from source, Live Science

Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for a couple of story ideas today. The first is this one, about a bizarre species of frog--with no lungs. I find that a little freaky, and can't think of an intelligent design that would explain it. I'll side with Darwin on this one. In any case, it is an interesting story.

[Excerpt]

Bizarre Frog Has No Lungs

The first lungless frog has been discovered lurking in the jungles of Borneo.

The enigmatic amphibian, dubbed
Barbourula kalimantanensis, apparently gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin.

Scientists first saw one of these frogs 30 years ago, but due to their rarity, just one other specimen had been collected since then and neither had been dissected. . .

Read more at: Live Science


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