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금방이라도 터질듯한 산수유가 노란빛을 내밀며 따사한 봄볕을 부르고 엊그제 까지 시샘추위를 겪어었던 북방산 개구리알들이 살얼음이 대수냐 이름모를새들이 목욕하며 종알일때 어느새 먹이를 찾아 헤메는 올챙이 꾸부러진 할머니에 등은 봄갈이 준비에 텃밭에서 펴진다. 일주일전에 살얼음속에..

예년과는 달리 따뜻한 날씨가 불러낸 개구리들이 엊그제까지 울어제끼더니 갑자기 추워진 이번주 추위의 급격히 떨어진 온도때문에 미처 대처하지 못하고 산란한 알덩어리 옆에서 알의 부화도 보지 못하고 그만 생명을.... 살얼음이 살짝 덮인 밑으로 산개구리알들은 부풀어가는데 희미하게 보이는 ..

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070228/481/bej81102281040 A waitress shows a frog with eight legs in a restaurant in Quanzhou, in southeast China's Fujian province Wednesday Feb. 28, 2007. The restaurant owners, who normally serve frog's legs as a dish, have decided to spare the unique 중국 남동부지역의 quanzhou 지방 레스토랑에서 한 레스토랑 여직원이 다리가 8개 달린 ..

A Chinese jumping frog (polypedates dennysi). Scientists have called for a Noah's Ark-type rescue for thousands of frog species they say could face the same fate as the now-extinct dinosaurs unless drastic measures are taken swiftly.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros) AFP/Getty Images/File via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 1:25 AM http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=frog&c=news_photos 중국의..

This undated photo released by Zoo Atlanta Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 shows a Marsupial frog. The once common melody of ribbits, croaks and chirps is disappearing as a mysterious, killer fungus rapidly wipes out frog populations around the globe, a phenomenon likened to the mass extinction of dinosaurs. In response, scientists from around the world are meeting in Atlanta to organize a worldwide e..

Scientists will meet this weekend to launch an action plan aimed at stemming the global decline in amphibians. About a third of frog, toad and salamander species are facing extinction; threats include fungal disease, pollution and habitat loss. The Washington DC meeting is expected to call for the establishment of a large-scale captive breeding programme. The cost of preserving amphibians from ..

A golden coloured frog, which is the national symbol of Panama, is under threat from a deadly fungus that's sweeping through the country. The rana dorada, as it's officially known, appears on everything from Panama lottery tickets to guide books. But its numbers have started to drop rapidly because of a fungus which grows all over its skin and suffocates it. Experts believe that 80 per cent of ..

Bats that eat tree frogs are unusual enough. But a tree frog that eats bats? Words and Images: D Bruce Means Crack of doom The stench of ammonia rising off bat guano burns my nose, and the acrid vapours nearly choke me. A muffled roar rises from deep inside the abyss below me. Listening carefully, I can distinguish myriad clicks and squeaks amid the rush of beating wings. I peer down the beam o..

The largest, saggiest-skinned aquatic frogs in the world are renowned locally as rain-makers and healers. Words and images: Pete Oxford and Reneé Bish http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/212index.shtml

지구 온난화로 중남미 개구리 대거 멸종 각종 기상이변을 초래한 것으로 알려진 지구 온난화 현상으로 이번에는 중남미 개구리가 대거 멸종했다고 BBC 인터넷판이 과학저널 네이처를 인용, 11일 보도했다. 국제적인 연구팀은 중남미의 생물다양성 보고지역을 조사한 결과, 지구 온난화로 얼룩무늬 개..