Toads, some of them, are capable of dramatic action. Here are two examples, one old, one not so old, from the scientific literature. Heaps of Clasping, Fighting, Kicking Toads, Squealing Like Mice Some toads sometimes form heaps of clasping, fighting, kicking males, squealing like mice, sometimes, suggests a study published in 1907: “Response to Toads […]
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Frogs: Trash exits via the bladder
New research about things that get under frogs’s skin, and what can happen to those things: “Removing the rubbish: frogs eliminate foreign objects from the body cavity through the bladder,” Christopher R. Tracy, Keith A. Christian, Lorrae J. McArthur and C. M. Gienger, Biology Letters. published online 2010. (Thanks to investigator Barry Pinshow for bringing […]