Bringing you the recent scientific advancements in the field of Herpetology.
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Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Some frogs can make themselves virtually invisible to would-be predators - we find out how.
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Main Paper References:
Taboada C, Delia J, Chen M, Ma C, Peng X, Zhu X, Jiang L, Vu T, Zhou Q, Yao J, O’Connell L, Johnsen S. 2022. Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency. Science 378:1315–1320. DOI: 10.1126/science.abl6620.
Other Links/Mentions:
Frog call: https://bit.ly/3xKrmRf
Article about snake in the garden: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gran-79-who-cant-see-28946676
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Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10
Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson
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Haha no I was not tempted to flick a raindrop onto a glass frog, but I would love to know if this is true. I’m not convinced the Naturalist who told me this wasn’t having me on 😅
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