Comments on: Panamanian Golden Frog's Last Wave

By: Nate Deviate

Nate Deviate — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:28:02 +0000

It seems like this video would be great if i ate some fungus... I love it when animals do things we always think of as "human nature".

By: z

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:20:39 +0000

The 'fungus' was probably brought in by the researchers.

By: Robert Seddon

Robert Seddon — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:39:49 +0000

According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7219803.stm 'the frogs had to be rescued from the wild':

'Scientists were forced to remove the remaining frogs from the wild and keep them in captivity.

'Hilary Jeffkins added: "The whole species is now extinct in Panama - this was one of the last remaining populations. Its final wave was in our programme."'

So it's sad, but not as sad as one might imagine from the post.

By: fz

fz — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:38:31 +0000

**cking fungus!

By: G

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:39:55 +0000

At least that one went out with a ban....

Wow. Bad time for a pun, huh? It's like finding a tap dancing fish an hour before the species goes extinct.

That has to be one of those most polite mating rituals though, lol!

By: su.wei

su.wei — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:28:34 +0000

wow thats a huge loss to animal behaviorists. at least there's this footage... :s

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:12:06 +0000

That's horribly depressing. Poor little frogs.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:07:13 +0000

Awwww! That's sad to hear.