Posted on 10/08/2016 12:41:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The handsome yet loneliest frog, the fringed-limbed tree frog, is dead, which signifies the end of this species. Toughie was the name of the last known member of a fringe-limbed tree frog species that won the hearts of movie directors and racing car drivers. Advertisement
Huffington Post reported that Toughie was found dead on September 26 at its home at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. He had inhabited there since 2005.
The National Geographic said that Toughie was a symbol of the extinction crisis. Mark Mandica, who worked with the amphibian and whose young son named the frog said that Toughie's death serves as a reminder of the many species that have been wiped out "before people even knew" that they were there.
The extinction of any species has a great impact on the fragile ecosystems and the people's communities. It is considered a tragedy too. According to researchers, approximately one-third to one-half of amphibian species are in danger of extinction.
The last known fringed-limbed tree frog was one the amphibians collected in Panama. They were gathered to protect them a skin disease known as chytrid fungus. It is a disease that could have a 100 percent mortality rate among frogs and about 85 percent of the amphibians collected died from the said disease. Toughie survived and lived for several years, according to Smithsonian.
Ecnomiohyla rabborum also referred to as Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog belongs to a family of Hylidae. They lived in the forest canopies of central Panama. This large frog can glide by spreading their big and fully webbed hands and feet during descent. The male frogs were highly territorial and guard the water-filled tree holes used for breeding. They also cared and provided food for their young. They were the only frog species wherein the tadpoles had nutrition by feeding on the skin cells of their fathers.
Thank goodness you’re the last of your species.
[Toughie’s death serves as a reminder of the many species that have been wiped out “before people even knew” that they were there.]
One less species to exploit.
Aww, he was cute.
-from Wiki
With no "Mrs Toughie" , extinction was inevitable !
Toughie, we hardly knew ye.
It’s unfortunate that this frog species is now extinct, but I wouldn’t term it a ‘crisis’. This is part of the circle of life and death. All that has been created will one day be gone in the form you now see it. Eventually, we too as homosapiens will be gone in our present form.
Many speculate that within a few decades, there will be an immersion of biologic and technological properties to produce what will then be called a Human Being. Not quite a $6 Million Dollar Man, but maybe a $2 Million Dollar Man, capable of communicating with , and living with similar beings.
Captured. Perfectly.
99.9% of all species that ever inhabited this planet are extinct....life goes on.
Sooner rather than later, given the huge advances in technology.
I expect cyborgs.
I saw several of these down by Al Gore’s house.
I think he eats them.
Al Gore is a filthy, stinking frog-eater.
“Toughie, we hardly knew ye.”
The legend of Frogalot.
Millions of species went extinct before we knew what they were.
It is the height of arrogance to think that humans can prevent extinction when that just might be nature’s plan.
Has anybody seen, my good friend Toughie? Can you tell me where he’s gone?
Which reminds me to ask; Why are Frenchmen sometimes called
‘Frogs’?. This is not a riddle. I’m just wondering where that came from.
Merci Beaucoup!
“It’s The End Of The Fringed-Limbed Tree Frog Species When ‘Toughie’ Died”
I’ll alert the media.
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