The Pinocchio Frog

Okay, he may have been fibbing. Just a bit. But only a little white lie. What's the worst that could happen to the Pinocchio frog? Paul Oliver of the University of Adelaide discovered our deceptive friend in the Foja Mountains of Indonesia. The male frog has a long nose that extends when he calls out--truthfully or not.

Link -via WTF, Evolution? | Photo: Tim Laman/National Geography


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