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 It was a one trick pony show but always hilarious.
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| clickable text This frog, also called the Horror Frog or Hairy Frog, can push his internal bones through his toes when threatened. There are no openings on the toes so when he does this he actually causes himself injury. "The hairy frog is also notable in possessing retractable "claws" (though unlike true claws, they are made of bone, not keratin), which it may project through the skin, apparently by intentionally breaking the bones of the toe.In addition, the researchers found a small bony nodule nestled in the tissue just beyond the frog's fingertip. When sheathed, each claw is anchored to the nodule with tough strands of collagen, but, as Gerald Durrell discovered firsthand, when the frog is grabbed or attacked, the frog breaks the nodule connection and forces its sharpened bones through the skin. This is probably a defensive behavior. Although a retraction mechanism is not known, it has been hypothesized that the claws later retract passively, while the damaged tissue is regenerated." |
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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@GAC - Nature can be stranger than fiction! |
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