Golden Frogs
23Feb08
Two great videos on YouTube about the Golden Frogs and 2 scientists attempts to save frogs affected by the chytrid fungus, a fungus that is affecting and killing and driving many of the worlds frogs to extinction.
Part One:
Part Two:
See my previous posting about the Panamanian Golden Frog:
http://timony.com/mickzblog/2008/02/02/waving-frog-waves-for-the-last-time/
Sad:
The Panamanian golden frog communicates with other frogs by semaphore in the form of gentle hand waves.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7219803.stm
What’s is amazing is that they took video of them in the wild before the last wild populations were destroyed by a fungi:
… after filming for the BBC One series Life In Cold Blood, the frogs had to [...]









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