blike Posted October 17, 2003 Posted October 17, 2003 Biologists in india have found what is claimed to be a 130 million old species of frog. "The seven-centimeter long amphibian hopped around the feet of dinosaurs. Researchers say the small-headed critter belongs to a new family of frogs thought to have disappeared millions of years ago. Scientists estimated the frog family tree split about 230 million years ago. The discovery suggests this frog branched off 130 million years ago when Gondwana lost its eastern end. " The species is described in this week's Nature. Read the full news article here.
Dudde Posted October 17, 2003 Posted October 17, 2003 they probably shoot poisonous spikes out of odd places. What say we scrounge some money together and buy one for Faf's christmas present?
NavajoEverclear Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 Wow that is cool. So why did they just barely discover it? Is it extremely rare or did the Indian people hide them from scientists or what? My point is how many other species are there, that aren't really hidden, but just never anyone wondered to go study them. Could i discover a new bug species in my backyard? Last summer i found this tiny gray bug with orange spots (in the flower bed i was weeding fo my mamma) and i caught it because i'd never seen it before, but when i decided to set it free, i saw that there were actually a significant amount of them crawling all around.
Kedas Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 Small head ?? I would believe you if you said that that is his behind. P.S. blike, where do you keep finding those 'ugly' pics?
neo_maya Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 Hooow sweet and sooooo cute. Just like Dudde.
YT2095 Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 I got the oldest living species of something or other living under my fridge, I can`t quite get to it, but I think it maybe a peice of cheese from 1986? (he`s a cute furry little fella though)
blike Posted October 18, 2003 Author Posted October 18, 2003 lol dudde, it was a reference to a drug craze where people were trying to lick the back of certain frogs to get a high.
Dudde Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 I dunno if you'd get high licking that sucker. you might GO high, but not get high. that frog now holds a special place in my heart.
Skye Posted October 19, 2003 Posted October 19, 2003 Wow that is cool. So why did they just barely discover it? Is it extremely rare or did the Indian people hide them from scientists or what? My point is how many other species are there, that aren't really hidden, but just never anyone wondered to go study them. Could i discover a new bug species in my backyard? At my last uni (I moved this year) there was a post doc who had just found her 500th species. Pretty amazing as she only studied some type of marine worm. We've only classified a small percentage of the species, but many of the remaining are in remote areas.
rockstarjaiden Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 that purple frog looks like a mole, and mucuous membrane all in one...that's almost fowl
Douglas Posted September 22, 2004 Posted September 22, 2004 [ta=right][/ta']Biologists in india have found what is claimed to be a 130 million old species of frog. Hey Blike, I'll call you, and raise you 170 million. Geologists excavating an old mine in eastern Ohio have found a 300-million-year old cockroach that measures nearly 3.5 inches long, making it the largest and oldest living cockroach. http://www.crystalinks.com/cockroaches.html
AzurePhoenix Posted September 22, 2004 Posted September 22, 2004 Ummm, Dougy-baby, that's not the olldest living cockroach, mostly cuz' it ain't livin' no more. It is the largest cockroach ever, just not anymore. Also, the site you linked us to says it was one of the oldest ever discovered, not the oldest ever uncovered. Dead, fossilized, kaput.
AzurePhoenix Posted September 22, 2004 Posted September 22, 2004 Oh yeah. That frog is so cuuuuuuuuuute!!!! I could just cuddle it and stroke it and blow it kisses from a foot or two away.
Douglas Posted September 22, 2004 Posted September 22, 2004 Ummm' date=' Dougy-baby, that's not the olldest living cockroach, mostly cuz' it ain't livin' no more. It is the largest cockroach ever, just not anymore. Also, the site you linked us to says it was one of the oldest [i']ever[/i] discovered, not the oldest ever uncovered. Dead, fossilized, kaput. I'm chuckling AzurePhoenix, you've got a good sense of humor.
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