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Glowing frog ready for Christmas season

September 28th, 2009 admin No comments

He just wanted a light snack.

In an ultimate case of crossed wires, a tiny tree frog’s bug-catching antics left it with a bellyful of bulb.

Red is my favorite color.

Red is my favorite color.

The Cuban tree frog took on an unnatural glow when it swallowed an entire fairy light in a botched bid to catch an insect.

The unlucky amphibian had been hunting in the back garden of wildlife photographer James Snyder when it made a bid for the snack.

James, who lives in Palm Beach, Florida, had decorated his back yard with colourful lights after noticing that frogs had worked out lights attracted bugs.

But one night he discovered that one of the little beasts had bitten off far more than it could chew. James, 29, said: ‘A bug landed on the bulb and when the frog went for it he got a little bit extra.

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A fanged bird eating frog found in Bangcock

September 26th, 2009 admin No comments

A gecko with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are

Got Fingers?

Got Fingers?

among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said Friday.

WWF International said that scientists in 2008 discovered 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird species in the region. That works out to be about three species a week and is in addition to the 1,000 new species catalogued there from 1997 to 2007, the group said.

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