Skip to comments.
The death of the dinosaurs was good news for frogs
Cosmos ^
| July 4, 2017
| Tim wallace
Posted on 07/05/2017 6:32:59 AM PDT by C19fan
The asteroid that crashed into the planet about 66 million years might have been the end of the line for much of life on Earth, but for a few frogs it allowed a great leap forward.
Genetic analysis by an international team of researchers from the US and China indicates that 88% of existing frog species are descended from just three frog families that survived and prospered following the mass extinction event known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene (KPg) boundary, which wiped out an estimated three-quarters of animals including non-avian dinosaurs and most large mammals.
(Excerpt) Read more at cosmosmagazine.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: biology; paleontology
From roars in the night to croaks.
1
posted on
07/05/2017 6:32:59 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Definitely. We don’t like to be stepped on.
2
posted on
07/05/2017 6:47:12 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: C19fan
So a 10 km asteroid hit the earth and wipes out all species of dinosaurs but leaves the frogs alive. Either dinosaurs where a lot more delicate than science suspects or frogs are a whole lot tougher.
Flash forward 60 million years and frog species are going extinct, supposedly because of a slight rise in temperatures. Something is not making sense here.
3
posted on
07/05/2017 6:58:19 AM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Proudly deplorable since 2016.)
To: C19fan
“... a great leap forward ...”
Cute!
4
posted on
07/05/2017 7:06:27 AM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(Hillary Clinton: the official candidate of the National Sleep Foundation)
To: FRiends
Click the Pic
Support Free Republic.
Become a monthly donor today.
5
posted on
07/05/2017 7:23:00 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
I knowe- good breakdown- Asteroids? Atomic Bombs? Nuclear weapons? Meh- no biggie- a .03 degree rise in temps? The super froggies give up and die
6
posted on
07/05/2017 7:24:33 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: InABunkerUnderSF
There certainly are fewer frogs today than 20 or 30 years ago. My mom’s farm pond used to be filled with the chatter of dozens. Now, it’s silent.
7
posted on
07/05/2017 7:34:21 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
So a 10 km asteroid hit the earth and wipes out all species of dinosaurs but leaves the frogs alive. Color me extremely skeptical. A lot [MOST] of the theories put forth as established fact, seem to have inconsistencies that really don't add up. Then again, maybe today's frogs are a bunch of snowflakes.
8
posted on
07/05/2017 7:47:45 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(The Bilderbergers are attempting to overthrow the Constitutionally Elected President)
To: C19fan
Everything was fine, until those damn hippies started licking them…
9
posted on
07/05/2017 7:55:16 AM PDT
by
cartan
To: InABunkerUnderSF
Frogs, as long as they’re moist and cool they, don’t have a high energy demand and can go a long time inactive.
Also, as to the frenzy of them declining, there was a huge hand wringing fest over them disappearing along with other amphibians in the high Sierra a while back and it was all globalwarmingglobalwarmingglobalwarming until someone realized it was trout being stocked into alpine lakes that had never had them, by aircraft...
10
posted on
07/05/2017 9:14:37 AM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: C19fan
👍🐸
11
posted on
07/05/2017 9:40:42 AM PDT
by
catbertz
To: smokingfrog
What about the old firecracker up the
YouWho trick ?
12
posted on
07/05/2017 11:06:56 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
13
posted on
07/05/2017 11:08:16 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
The fish in the pond got big enough to eat them. That, or mom used too much DDT around the farm back in the 50’s & 60’s.
14
posted on
07/05/2017 11:24:50 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Big Red Badger
15
posted on
07/05/2017 11:29:50 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
A New Side to Kermit the Frog!
16
posted on
07/05/2017 6:44:00 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson