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muse@diaspora.glasswings.com
Muse

This is a painting of the Australian pobblebonk frog. I created the frog by dabbing a bazillion little dots onto the canvas. At this size it’s hard to see every single dot! I have gone dotty!
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diane_a@diasp.org
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Glassfrogs hide red #blood #cells in their liver to become transparent https://phys.org/news/2022-12-glassfrogs-red-blood-cells-liver.html

Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl6620

When #glassfrogs are resting, their #muscles and #skin become #transparent, and their #bones, #eyes and internal #organs are all that's visible. If these #frogs are awake, stressed or under #anesthesia their #CirculatorySystem is full of #RedBloodCells and they are opaque.

Glassfrogs hide red blood cells in their liver to become transparent

Glassfrogs make themselves transparent while they rest by taking red blood cells from circulation and concealing them in their livers. A multi-disciplinary team of biologists and biomedical engineers has shown how these frogs make themselves...

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christophs@diaspora.glasswings.com
Christoph S

Ancient frogs in mass grave died from too much sex – new research

Hundreds of frog fossils were found in a mass grave in Geiseltal’s 45-million-year-old swampy coastlands, and their reason for being there has confounded scientists for decades. But my team’s study found an explanation: they died from exhaustion while mating.

We also found evidence the mating behaviour of modern frogs and toads dates back at least 45 million years as mass grave frog fossils from other sites show similar features on the skeletons as the Geiseltal specimens.

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https://theconversation.com/ancient-frogs-in-mass-grave-died-from-too-much-sex-new-research-188562

Ancient frogs in mass grave died from too much sex – new research

Millions of years on. modern frogs and toads still haven’t learnt you can have too much of a good thing.

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