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Snakes Caught ‘Wiping’ Poison Off Frogs, Amidst Nature’s Toxic Arms Race : ScienceAlert

Snakes Caught ‘Wiping’ Poison Off Frogs, Amidst Nature’s Toxic Arms Race : ScienceAlert

The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days in captivity and then were presented with extremely unappetizing prey: three-striped poison dart frogs, Ameerega trivittata. The skin of those frogs contains deadly toxins – such as histrionicotoxins, pumiliotoxins, and decahydroquinolines – that interfere with essential cell proteins. Six of …

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March of the frogs | The Verge

March of the frogs | The Verge

By the time I arrived, the waterfront park in downtown Portland, Oregon was already awash with people as far as the eye could see. The No Kings protest in June had turned out around 10,000 people across the city; this one saw several times that number just downtown, with thousands more choosing to join localized protests in their neighborhoods or …

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Baylor at TCU weather delay: When Bears vs. Horned Frogs will resume

Baylor at TCU weather delay: When Bears vs. Horned Frogs will resume

Saturday’s game between TCU and Baylor has entered a weather delay for the second time, the Horned Frogs announced. The game was initially delayed with 13:46 remaining in the fourth quarter after lightning had been detected in the area. Play resumed at 2:44 p.m. CT but was short-lived as lightning was spotted a second time. Currently, there is 6:47 remaining …

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Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My! – The New York Times

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!  The New York Times Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a ‘war zone’  NBC News Protest frogs vs. MAGA media influencers: the info war over ICE in Portland and Chicago  CNN Unmasked: Inflatable frog tormenting ICE is non-binary ‘Antifa terrorist’  The Telegraph An Interview With the Portland Chicken  Willamette Week …

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A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs

A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs

Safe and snug: frogs kept warm in brick ‘saunas’ are able to ward off a deadly fungal infection.Credit: Anthony Waddle Working scientist profiles This article is part of an occasional series in which Nature profiles scientists with unusual career histories or outside interests. On warm, muggy evenings, conservation biologist Anthony Waddle and his students, along with local frog enthusiasts, venture …

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How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?

How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?

Unlike humans, frogs and other amphibians don’t need to rely on their lungs to breathe; their unique skin helps them exchange oxygen and drink. But how do frogs breathe and drink through their skin? Frog skin is complex: It’s thin, covered in glands that produce mucus to keep the skin moist, and porous enough to allow air molecules to permeate. …

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