EDGE Amphibians: World's Weirdest Creatures Just Got Weirder

Science Daily ^ | 1-25-2008 | Zoological Society of London.

[Froufrou]

And I thought they all tasted like chicken.

Still, if it looks wrong, or it glows in the dark, I ain’t eatin’ it!

[BlueDragon]

At first glance, the photo of the creature, for some reason reminded me of this thing;

[BlueDragon]

The eyes are set different...so I guess it's not really very close.

Oh well...

[RightWhale]

how to preserve at least the genetic information of these species

90% of the species that ever lived are gone without leaving their gene info. Maybe even more. It's a good thing. But also, 99% of their gene info is still here in the still living species.

[Roccus]

PING!!

[driftdiver]

“That’s because grilled salamander tastes better then grilled frog.”

Here we have a bunch of legless frogs and tons of geckos.

[dragonblustar]

[driftdiver]

Actually this is just a result of the rampant pollution in the rivers of China. Remember that 3 eyed fish that Homer Simpson found?

[JasonC]

Well, obviously, the ruthless law of the survival of the fittest in the jungle of competition for the scarce resources of life, demands the establishment of a new Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Among Animals, and a campaign to Save the Monstrosities that can't save themselves, because if anything ever changes, ever, everything is doomed, and the proof is that rock and slime got here on their own just fine.

[dbacks]

Awwwww.

[Dutchboy88]

Curious...
Should we infer from your remark that you are saying undirected, random, accidental appearances of varied life forms with absolutely no input from any thinking being is just as likely as the resurrection of the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world? The latter being THE event of the universe, known as the foreordained plan of God (Acts 2:23)?

[cripplecreek]

Actually this is just a result of the rampant pollution in the rivers of China.

My thought as well.

Nature is amazingly resilient. Earlier this week I watched the History Channel special "Life after people". What interested me was the area around Chernobyl. After 25 years the buildings are falling apart but the plants and animals have returned. They even showed what was a new soccer stadium that is now a forest with bleachers. They didn't talk about genetic defects but I suspect they are pretty common among the flora and fauna of the area but life goes on.

[decimon]

Ghost frogs of South Africa (one species is found only in the traditional human burial grounds of Skeleton Gorge in Table Mountain, South Africa)

Perhaps not the best place to camp out.

[The KG9 Kid]

140 million years ago in Antarctica and Australia, the giant salamander Koolasuchus was 15 feet long and probably weighed a half ton.

[USMCPOP]

That list of nine sounds like the specials at an ethnic restaurant in NY. Mmmm, chilie toads!

[humblegunner]

Dude.. let's grill one!

[cripplecreek]

Mmmm, chilie toads!

Chili cheese toads or Jalepeno Hoppers.

[allmendream]

Can someone please explain to me how a species that is said to existed for some 100 million years is ALSO ‘highly sensitive to climate change’.

If you've been here for 100 million years, you've seen the climate CHANGE baby. Ice age to global max to ice age and back!

[MaryFromMichigan]

Only slightly off topic...
Wanna know a weird fact about turtles?
They can breathe through their butts.

'Scuse me while I go give my turtle a breath mint.)

[cripplecreek]

Only slightly off topic... Wanna know a weird fact about turtles? They can breathe through their butts.

Sadly I did know that. In fact there would never be any little turtles if the didn't reenact Brokeback turtle every spring.