Posted on 02/18/2024 5:22:35 PM PST by Red Badger
A healthy frog has been spotted with a tiny mushroom sprouting from the side of its body, the first time such a growth on live animal tissue has been observed. Naturally, it completely stunned scientists.
While fungi invasions are fairly common in the small-animal world, this growth appeared to be very different to the zombie parasitic types that spell bad news for their hijacked hosts.
The fungus-accessorizing Rao's Intermediate Golden-backed Frog (Hylarana inter-media) was discovered by scientists out on a nature walk at the foothills of the Kudremukh Range in India's Western Ghats mountains. Despite this species being on the small size – between one to two inches in length – its bright coloring makes it easy to spot.
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The printed magazine Harvard Lampoon once had a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not parody. One item was “Popcorn in the shape of Norman Mailer’s Head popped by Nebraska woman.” It had little ears sticking out like Mailer’s.
Stumps?
And was probably about as corny..................
Timothy Leary has been reincarnated into a frog.
I posted this little nugget, but it got pulled in less than a minute. I dunno why:
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A funny looking wart.
Frogs cause warts.
Or so we were sold.
Well, now we know how ‘Frog Licking’ became a ‘thing’............
How do they know it isn’t a mushroom that sprouted a frog?
Freegards
Kina trippy
Surprised it didn’t happen to Jerry Garcia first.
Do people smoke the frog or lick the mushroom?
That’s toads that supposedly give you warts.
maybe they can breed Psilocybin with buffotoxin...
I call BS on this.
A few years ago, during a Artic Blast, I was in the ER when a homeless guy came in complaining he couldn’t feel his feet.
Common complaint every time the temperature drops.
Anyway, they had to cut the guys socks off and he had tiny mushrooms growing between his toes. So...not the first time mushrooms sprout on decaying flesh.
Right when I was making a post...
Has anyone done a toadstool joke?
I saw there was a reply but the whole thing disappeared. The article was hilarious.
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