Date: 13/08/2019 13:51:18
From: PermeateFree
ID: 1422376
Subject: How Did the World’s Largest Frog Get So Big?

Some interesting facts about the world’s largest frog.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-worlds-largest-frog-get-so-big-possibly-building-its-own-ponds-180972884

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Date: 13/08/2019 13:58:20
From: Cymek
ID: 1422382
Subject: re: How Did the World’s Largest Frog Get So Big?

PermeateFree said:


Some interesting facts about the world’s largest frog.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-worlds-largest-frog-get-so-big-possibly-building-its-own-ponds-180972884

It’s lovely

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Date: 14/08/2019 12:19:19
From: pesce.del.giorno
ID: 1422679
Subject: re: How Did the World’s Largest Frog Get So Big?

Would be gorgeous if furry.

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Date: 14/08/2019 19:04:54
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1422820
Subject: re: How Did the World’s Largest Frog Get So Big?

Cymek said:


PermeateFree said:

Some interesting facts about the world’s largest frog.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-worlds-largest-frog-get-so-big-possibly-building-its-own-ponds-180972884

It’s lovely

Agree.

I suppose one question would be the opposite. Why are biggest frogs so small? Compared to say biggest bird, biggest lizard, biggest mammal, biggest turtle, biggest tortoise, biggest crocodile, biggest freshwater fish. Compareed to other vertebrates, frogs are small.

> pushing around large rocks to build nests

Like large lizards, crocodiles, humans etc., It makes sense.

> looking into the diet of Goliath tadpoles, in case a captive breeding program

Oh, that’s hugely worthwhile.

> Shortly after nightfall, a large frog appeared, standing guard over its brood until just a few minutes before dawn.

Nice.

I’m not sure i like the the idea of “frog-hunters” though, is this in contravention of CITES or, worse, for bush meat?

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Date: 14/08/2019 19:13:56
From: AwesomeO
ID: 1422822
Subject: re: How Did the World’s Largest Frog Get So Big?

Frogs breath through skin which due to squaring is bound to cause a size bottleneck.

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