Trivia: World’s “Un-thirstiest” Animal

The water holding frog can go without a drink for a whole year.

Thirsty? Consider this: when it rains in the arid floodplains of Australia, the water holding frog absorbs water through its skin and then burrows into the soil. It then sheds a layer of its skin which harden into a cocoon to keep it from drying out. The frog then enters a deep resting stage and stays there until the next rainy season, which can be a full year away or longer.

The Aborigines sometime dig up the water holding frog from its burrow and squeeze it for a sip of water.

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April 30, 2008 at 11:27 am by Alex
Category: Animal, Daily Trivia

6 Comments to "Trivia: World’s “Un-thirstiest” Animal"

fsmarch
April 30th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Wish I could do that with beer!

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Ilatfan
April 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Worlds un-thirstiest? Try tardigrades, they’ve been known to last 120 years without water.
Mofongo
April 30th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Well, that’s a meaningless existence…
Ali S.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
What a life…it must be boring as heck.
kkkkkkkkkk
April 30th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
There is a reason richard attenborough is a legend, ad not this guy.
Pol x
May 1st, 2008 at 10:32 am
What in the name of all that is Gravy was the voice over all about?

Good god that was awful.

“We humans can barely go 6 hours without a fast food super size jumbo platter”

Ah to bask in the glow of science at it’s best.

Why doeswn’t NG just cut to the chase and foley in comedy noises like in America’s Un-Funniest Videos?

Boing!!

this is total arse

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