Discovery of New Poison Dart Frog Biologists have discovered a new species of dart frog in the headwaters of the Rio Cano in Panama. This newly found frog has been named Andinobates geminisae after Geminis Vargas. Geminis Vargas is the wife of Marco Ponce who supported him toward the discovery of the new dart frog species. The new dart frog is very small about 12.7 millimeters in length and it is about the same size of a fingernail. Although the new dart frog is very small in size; it contains
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03 October 2013 Hop Frog In Edgar Allen Poe’s 1849 short story‚ Hop Frog‚ the main character is a crippled dwarf that is forced to be a court jester under the king’s rule and later attains his revenge by killing him. Poe uses great characterization throughout the story to not only help the reader relate to Hop Frog‚ but to also show justice in his horrifying actions. He characterizes Hop Frog‚ Trippetta‚ and the king and his ministers in a way that allows readers to empathize with the story’s ending
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California Red Legged Frog The California red-legged frog is the largest native frog in the western United States. The Records of the California red-legged frog are known from Riverside County to Mendocino County along the Coast Range of California. It has been on the endangered species list with a list of other endangered frogs. California red-legged frogs live in a Mediterranean climate‚ which brings about temporal and spatial changes in habitat quality which is why there species count was endangered
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El Valle‚ when she went to the main street there were golden frogs that basically represented their local street‚ and people even made souvenirs of them‚ but then she noticed that the population of the frogs had decreased. In the town of el Valle there were always golden frogs‚ she liked those frogs so much that she went on and established a research site so later she could study them. Lips decided she wanted to study the local frogs
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The story that will be analyzed in this essay paper is “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. The main analysis points in this paper will be focusing on the points of view in the story‚ also how would the story be different if someone else told it. The major themes that were in the story were dishonesty and cheating. In the beginning of the story‚ a man whose name is not said walks up to another man whose name is Simon and starts talking to him. Since the story uses the letter/word “I”
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Poe ’s "Hop Frog": The Transcendence Of Frogs and Ourang-Outangs "Hop-Frog!‚ I will make a man of you." In Edgar Allen Poe ’s short story "Hop Frog‚" the title character Hop- Frog is able to transcend the limitations of his physical body‚ in ways the King and his seven ministers are unable. "Hop-Frog" has multiple examples of the transcendence of man‚ and the inability of man to transcend. The most prominent of these points are: 1. By overcoming the limitations of his‚ Hop-Frog ’s‚ physical
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people refer to the poison frog as the “jewels of the Rainforest‚” because of their peculiar colors‚ but beware these frogs can be very deadly. Their main habitat is the bottom of tropical rainforests‚ yet the some live high in the canopy and never come down. They have amazingly bright colors and fantastic patterns to warn other rainforest animals that they are poisonous‚ but occasionally they are swallowed‚ and the consumer might die depending on the type of poison frog. Their colors range from blue
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The goliath frog‚ or conraua goliath‚ is the world’s largest frog. From nose to toes‚ it maxes out at about twelve and a half inches‚ and can weigh just under eight pounds. Unlike most frogs‚ these don’t have the ability to make mating calls‚ and instead create a breeding ground along rivers and streams. The frog is found primarily in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon‚ at least naturally. A big reason for the goliath frog’s status as endangered is because of the zoo and pet demands. Other significant
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Frogs have sticky tongues that can catch prey that weigh up to 1.4x its own body weight. The reason as to why a frog’s tongue is sticky is due to the fact that its spit can change physical properties. The frog’s spit can go from a glue that is stickier than honey to a thinner fluid and back in enough time that it would have have been able to catch its prey. Instead of having saliva glands like humans‚ frog gets the saliva it needs from it tongue‚ which oozes out the saliva even when it has been taken
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Dissecting a Frog Lab Report #3 May 18‚ 2011 Purpose: The purpose of the lab was to dissect a frog to better understand the parts of it and their purposes. Materials: dissecting scissors‚ a frog‚ a dissecting tray‚ a scalpel‚ and a probe Procedure: The procedure began when the sides of the frog’s mouth were cut. Then‚ the frog’s internal and external structures were observed. Observations were recorded. After that‚ the liver‚ gallbladder‚ eggs‚ and fat bodies were removed. Results:
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