Ribbit?
March 7, 2004 10:11 PM Subscribe
First it was purple frogs that consorted with known dinosaurs, and now they've been joined by their three-headed brethren [warning: gratuitous frogs].
Indeed, amphibians are known to be particularly sensitive to mutagen thus allowing us to build wicked pods.
posted by kush at 2:24 AM on March 8, 2004
posted by kush at 2:24 AM on March 8, 2004
More pictures, so you know what it looks like when it COMES FOR YOU IN YOUR DREAMS!
posted by Orange Goblin at 2:43 AM on March 8, 2004
posted by Orange Goblin at 2:43 AM on March 8, 2004
Pardon the self-link, but I've been collating stuff, as this story blew up, for a weblog entry, Making the beast with three backs. Personally, I'm absolutely certain it's simply a misreported case of multiple amplexus: mating behaviour with two males gripping the same female, as commonly happens (scroll down here for another example, which looks like a alien transporter accident but is just a bunch of toads). Compare the very similar ingredients - scared child, baffled adults, dark mutterings of pollution - of the MetroWest Daily News story of the two-headed toad that turned out to be mating toads, not mutants. There are a number of reasons, including genetic, why it doesn't make sense. Yeah, I know pollution really does cause malformed frogs, but the typical teratology loks like this.
posted by raygirvan at 3:38 AM on March 8, 2004
posted by raygirvan at 3:38 AM on March 8, 2004
Yep, I think they're mating frogs too. How could this thing have survived tadpolehood?
People need to spend more time outdoors looking at nature and stuff.
posted by maggie at 5:51 AM on March 8, 2004
People need to spend more time outdoors looking at nature and stuff.
posted by maggie at 5:51 AM on March 8, 2004
What are frogs doing hopping around a garden already? My garden in Berkshire seems too cold to have them out yet.
And last spring I had a busy pond, and 3 was an exceptionably small number to have a mating ball, amongst these European "Common frogs". I miss the varieties of American frogs that sing so sweet. These in the UK are too quiet about it.
posted by Goofyy at 7:07 AM on March 8, 2004
And last spring I had a busy pond, and 3 was an exceptionably small number to have a mating ball, amongst these European "Common frogs". I miss the varieties of American frogs that sing so sweet. These in the UK are too quiet about it.
posted by Goofyy at 7:07 AM on March 8, 2004
lol @ jozxyqk
If only these guys were discovered before the superbowl
posted by Satapher at 8:57 AM on March 8, 2004
If only these guys were discovered before the superbowl
posted by Satapher at 8:57 AM on March 8, 2004
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Ugh. Mutant frog scary!
posted by Katemonkey at 2:00 AM on March 8, 2004