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Extinction of frogs is catastrophic, scientists say
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| 6/22/05
| Carlos Andrade
Posted on 06/22/2005 8:52:45 AM PDT by GPBurdell
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To: DeepRed
All your frogs are belong to us!
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:16:07 AM PDT
by
mallardx
To: GPBurdell
Could it be that too many poison-dipped arrows have lead to the frogs' demise? What's the frog to arrow ratio?
Yes, it's bad when frogs croak...rotflmao...but I guess this is serious.
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:17:45 AM PDT
by
Froufrou
(Froufrou Loves The Spurs!)
To: LittleMoe
Deformities undoubtedly impair amphibian survival and most likely contribute to the dramatic declines in populations Deformities and malformations are pretty insignificant when compared to the impact of habitat loss (ephemeral wetlands in particular), fungal diseases (such as chytridomycosis), hormone mimics, and developmental parasites.
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:24:50 AM PDT
by
GreenFreeper
(Enviro-cons hooo!)
To: TheBigB
Wow! I remember seeing that at the movie theater when it first came out. I thought it was scary then. Seeing it later made me laugh and wonder why I thought it was so cool.
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:25:14 AM PDT
by
JZelle
To: GPBurdell
"We have to change the idea that they are ugly and slimy. They are beautiful, diverse species, just like hummingbirds or butterflies," ... Only uglier... and slimier.
To: GPBurdell
They may want to hurry because the treasure trove of the world's frogs and toads is disappearing at a catastrophic rate. And it's not just potential medicines which could be vanishing but creatures of beauty.This childish and simpleminded verbal handwringing always makes me laugh. There is a missing ingredient in that pollyana statement: the deadliest scourge disease in history might also lurk there.
Had anyone heard of AIDS before 1978?
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:26:59 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are ignorance, stupidity and hydrogen)
To: GPBurdell
I was upset when they dried up our old "polliwog pond" from my childhood.
I'm over it now, with the overabundance of toads in the halls of congress.
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:31:20 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Honor the fallen and the heroes of 9/11 at the Memorial Site.)
To: GPBurdell
"Frogs and toads are becoming extinct all over the world. It's the same magnitude event as the extinction of the dinosaurs,"
...which was clearly the fault of Global Warming, SUV's, and capitalism..... erm.....
Wait, you mean the earths climate changed all on it's own without our intervention???
Gosh. What a concept!
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:31:40 AM PDT
by
adam_az
(It's the border, stupid!)
To: GPBurdell
"Before the arrival of Spanish colonizers some 500 years ago, Indians in what is now Ecuador dipped their arrowheads in venom extracted from the phantasmal poison frog to doom their victims to convulsive death, scientists believe."
Indians with deadly poison on their arrows, good.
Americans with guns, bad.
Gosh, don't ya love the MSM?
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:34:49 AM PDT
by
adam_az
(It's the border, stupid!)
To: GPBurdell
At least two out of five of the 3,046 amphibian types in the Americas -- home to 53 percent of known species -- are threatened with extinction, according to a recent report titled "Disappearing Jewels" by lobby group NatureServe.That's as far as I needed to read.
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:49:13 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: GPBurdell
Local store has a special of froglegs at $3.99 for 16 oz.
Something scarce usually costs more than that, those Spotted Owls and California Condors was something you only bought for special events like Christmas dinner until the price started coming down.
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:49:37 AM PDT
by
Swiss
To: GPBurdell
Still got plenty of 'em here!
To: GPBurdell
I was upset when they dried up our old "polliwog pond" from my childhood.
I'm over it now, with the overabundance of toads in the hall of congress.
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posted on
06/22/2005 10:08:20 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Honor the fallen and the heroes of 9/11 at the Memorial Site.)
To: Red Badger; GPBurdell
<< It's bad if frogs croak .......... >>
Dinosaurs, too.
[Ribbet]
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posted on
06/22/2005 10:41:58 AM PDT
by
Brian Allen
(Men are ruled ... by the clock, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - GKC)
To: GPBurdell
When there's no more Paris, you can always go to Montreal.
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posted on
06/22/2005 10:44:12 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(The only thing learned from history is that nobody ever learns from history.)
To: GreenFreeper
isnt a deformity a symptom as opposed to a cause.
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posted on
06/22/2005 11:15:52 AM PDT
by
applpie
To: GPBurdell
"Extinction of frogs is catastrophic, scientists say"
Catastrophic???? I mean, I'm sure it sucks for the frogs, but let's be reasonable here...
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posted on
06/22/2005 11:18:20 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: applpie
isnt a deformity a symptom as opposed to a cause. Certainly, though reduced viability could also be a symptom of a deformity/malformation. What I was trying to say was that it would be incorrect to say that frog populations are declining because of deformities and malformations.
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posted on
06/22/2005 11:19:43 AM PDT
by
GreenFreeper
(Enviro-cons hooo!)
To: martin_fierro
Pretty frog. I wonder if I can pick up one or more for my terrarium.
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posted on
06/22/2005 11:22:00 AM PDT
by
Junior
(“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
To: GPBurdell
...frogs, which are a traditional source of medicine and food for many of Ecuador's Indians.
Monseur Chirac should best steer clear of Ecuador.
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posted on
06/22/2005 11:26:50 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(A woman's most powerful weapon is a guy's imagination.)
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