This photo, taken June 13, 2011 and released by Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, shows an adult female Bornean Rainbow Toad, also referred to as Sambas Stream Toad (Ansonia latidisca) in Penrissen, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Scientists scouring the mountains of Borneo spotted the toads, which were last seen by European explorers in 1924, providing the world with the first photographs of the colorful, spindly-legged creature, a researcher said Thursday, July 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Indraneil Das)
I used to see them all the time in the 60's...............
To: Red Badger
“I’ve been sick” said the toad.
2 posted on
07/14/2011 7:39:14 AM PDT by
Happy Rain
("Sans Sarah-Bachmann's The One.")
To: Red Badger
Been gone that long sure it is not “Rip Van Toad”.
To: Red Badger
What about the Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka?
6 posted on
07/14/2011 7:42:21 AM PDT by
dfwgator
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7 posted on
07/14/2011 7:43:18 AM PDT by
QBFimi
(When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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Come to think about it I haven’t seen Helen Thomas for a while either.
9 posted on
07/14/2011 7:44:16 AM PDT by
SWAMPSNIPER
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To: Red Badger
Dang, that toad looks like something out of a 1960’s psychedelic acid trip.
10 posted on
07/14/2011 7:44:16 AM PDT by
apillar
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>>> Scientists scouring the mountains of Borneo spotted a toad species last seen in 1924 by European explorers ...
See, if these ‘scientists’ leave the poor toad alone, the species may not be too hard to find. The process of ‘scouring the mountains’ probably doomed whatever ‘good’ they thought they did to bring the new photo to the world.
11 posted on
07/14/2011 7:44:35 AM PDT by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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Call off the global warming scare.
12 posted on
07/14/2011 7:48:00 AM PDT by
bmwcyle
(Obama is a Communist, a Muslim, and an illegal alien)
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13 posted on
07/14/2011 7:56:35 AM PDT by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
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I'm not not liking toads.
14 posted on
07/14/2011 7:56:35 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(The Dems demanding shared sacrifice are like Aztec priests doing it while cutting out my heart.)
To: Red Badger
"In recent years, the Washington-based Conservation International placed the Sambas stream toad, also known as the Bornean rainbow toad, on a world "Top 10 Most Wanted Lost Frogs" and voiced fears it might be extinct."So is it a toad or a frog?
17 posted on
07/14/2011 8:07:02 AM PDT by
muir_redwoods
(Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
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One of the 10 most wanted frogs
We're gonna knock over the bank, see? And Corageous Cat and Minute Mouse aint gonna get in the way, see?
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This is further PROOF that scientists do not know what is extinct, what is not, what is endangered, etc.
It is all hysteria to get power and money.
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29 posted on
07/14/2011 9:18:47 AM PDT by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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Borneo Rainbow Toad? Weren’t they the opening band for the rolling stones?
30 posted on
07/14/2011 9:19:40 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Red Badger
So now the question “if no one sees a Bornean Rainbow Toad for 87 years,do they still exist?” has been answered.
31 posted on
07/14/2011 9:56:46 AM PDT by
Figment
("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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32 posted on
07/14/2011 9:58:02 AM PDT by
GenXteacher
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