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151 Glassfrogs and Their Transparent Tricks

151 Glassfrogs and Their Transparent Tricks

FromHerpetological Highlights


151 Glassfrogs and Their Transparent Tricks

FromHerpetological Highlights

ratings:
Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Mar 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Some frogs can make themselves virtually invisible to would-be predators - we find out how.
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Main Paper References:
Taboada C, Delia J, Chen M, Ma C, Peng X, Zhu X, Jiang L, Vu T, Zhou Q, Yao J, O’Connell L, Johnsen S. 2022. Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency. Science 378:1315–1320. DOI: 10.1126/science.abl6620.
Other Links/Mentions:
Frog call: https://bit.ly/3xKrmRf 
Article about snake in the garden: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gran-79-who-cant-see-28946676 
Editing and Music:
Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10 
Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson
Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy
Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com
Released:
Mar 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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