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Southern Gastric Brooding Frog (Rheobatrachus silus), family Myobtrachidae, found in the Blackall Range and Conondale Ranges in southeast Queensland, north of Brisbane, Australia
EXTINCT.
First discovered by western science in 1972 (possibly 1914), the last wild specimen was encountered in 1981, and the last captive specimen died in 1983.
The cause(s) for decline and extinction are unclear, but may include introduced species, habitat degradation, and the Chyrtrid fungus.
There is a project currently working to clone this frog. They have only been successful, so far, in cloning an embryo.
Females would swallow fertilized eggs, and brood them and tadpoles in her stomach. The metamorphosed froglets would emerge from her mouth later on.
There is considerable disagreement as to which family they should be included in (with some herpetologists putting the 2 species of Rheobatrachus into their own family).
A couple of years ago I became obessed with slugs and made this sweet creature, a slug with legs called Sluguenda, in a time of being uncertain and depressed, she lifted up my spirits and along with her I made up the ‘Molluscat’ species for fun. I hope you like them!
lol i know B'Elanna is absent from this family meeting because Roxann Dawson went into labour during the filming of this episode, but I like to pretend that they didn't invite her because the Omega Directive is top secret, and B'Elanna is way too gossipy, so she was excluded on purpose
I wish they had ended this meeting with Janeway saying "and remember, whatever you do, don't tell anyone about this, especially Neelix... and especially B'Elanna." 🤣🤣
I imagine B'Elanna is in the mess hall right now, fuming to Neelix, knowing there's a secret meeting happening and she's not there
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female falcon was equipped with a satellite tracking system in South
Africa before migrating to Finland. Image shows tracker data. In just 42
days, she flew over 10.000 km, at an incredible average of 230 km per
day and nearly in a straight line.