Boondock
04-10-2008, 10:15 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_ ... gless_frog (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_fe_st/indonesia_lungless_frog)
A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday could provide insight into what drives evolution in certain species.
These are about the most ancient and bizarre frogs you can get on the planet," Bickford said of the brown amphibian with bulging eyes and a tendency to flatten itself as it glides across the water.
"They are like a squished version of Jabba the Hutt," he said, referring to the character from Star Wars. "They are flat and have eyes that float above the water. They have skin flaps coming off their arms and legs.
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fuck yeah...i love when new amimals are found(every day), when new fossils are found and shit....it's like one more step to stuffing it to the religious whacks that always toss out that "well, you don't have the missing link so.......". new shit is found every day and one of these days we're gonna find the mother load and it ain't gonna be no fuckin ark.....we should never stop looking for shit
A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday could provide insight into what drives evolution in certain species.
These are about the most ancient and bizarre frogs you can get on the planet," Bickford said of the brown amphibian with bulging eyes and a tendency to flatten itself as it glides across the water.
"They are like a squished version of Jabba the Hutt," he said, referring to the character from Star Wars. "They are flat and have eyes that float above the water. They have skin flaps coming off their arms and legs.
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fuck yeah...i love when new amimals are found(every day), when new fossils are found and shit....it's like one more step to stuffing it to the religious whacks that always toss out that "well, you don't have the missing link so.......". new shit is found every day and one of these days we're gonna find the mother load and it ain't gonna be no fuckin ark.....we should never stop looking for shit