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Pictures: Pea-Size Frog Found—Among World's Smallest
nationalgeographic ^

Posted on 08/28/2010 3:52:30 PM PDT by JoeProBono

A newfound, pea-size frog, Microhyla nepenthicola, sits on the tip of a pencil.

One of the smallest frogs in the world, the species was spotted inside and around pitcher plants in Malaysian rain forests on the island of Borneo

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: borneo; crunchyfrog; frog; montypython
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1 posted on 08/28/2010 3:52:32 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: Salamander

Micro-Frog ping.


2 posted on 08/28/2010 3:54:02 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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3 posted on 08/28/2010 3:55:25 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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4 posted on 08/28/2010 3:58:01 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: JoeProBono
PEA-SIZED BRAIN FOUND - AMONG WORLD'S SMALLEST....


5 posted on 08/28/2010 4:00:30 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: JoeProBono

“Hello, ma baby, hello, my honey, hello, my ragtime gaaaal...”

6 posted on 08/28/2010 4:00:40 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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7 posted on 08/28/2010 4:03:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Anoreth; Darksheare; Monkey Face

Frogs in Borneo ping!


8 posted on 08/28/2010 4:05:32 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I should be, but I'm not.)
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9 posted on 08/28/2010 4:18:00 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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10 posted on 08/28/2010 4:19:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono
Photobucket Dude, that's not a frog. That's an amoeba.
11 posted on 08/28/2010 4:24:09 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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To: Tax-chick; Anoreth; Monkey Face

Just to be clear, it’s NOT my fault.


12 posted on 08/28/2010 4:26:33 PM PDT by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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13 posted on 08/28/2010 4:26:38 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Darksheare

It’s not an unexpected outcome of a DarksFAX transmission? I thought maybe you were trying to get rid of the frogs in your basement, a la “Trouble with Tribbles.”


14 posted on 08/28/2010 4:33:04 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I should be, but I'm not.)
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To: RichInOC

Yer KILLIN’ me! My favorite cartoon!


15 posted on 08/28/2010 4:39:23 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it's free.)
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To: Tax-chick; Anoreth

Why didn’t you tell us, Anoreth???

I could have saved myself some FROGS! FROGS! Marching in the night! FROGS! FROGS! In the morning light!

*sigh*

(You’ll have to check the Red Skelton site for the rest of it, but without his antics, it ain’t gonna be very funny.)


16 posted on 08/28/2010 4:43:55 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it's free.)
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To: JoeProBono

What does it eat? Looks like a fly could eat it!


17 posted on 08/28/2010 4:44:41 PM PDT by DejaJude
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To: JoeProBono
Never underestimate a diminutive frog...


18 posted on 08/28/2010 4:47:13 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

http://www.fetovaia.it/en/flora_e_fauna/flora_e_fauna.html


19 posted on 08/28/2010 4:57:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Tax-chick

*cough*
Well.. they DarksFhaks has been, er, temprarily rendered inoperative.
The leg sticking out of it is still twitching.


20 posted on 08/28/2010 4:58:11 PM PDT by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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