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Frog Long Thought Extinct Is Rediscovered in Israel
NatGeo ^ | June 6, 2013 | Ker Than

Posted on 06/06/2013 4:12:11 PM PDT by Daffynition

Israeli park ranger Yoram Malka caught only a fleeting glimpse of the frog as it leapt across the road, but he knew it was something special.

When he first saw the frog in northern Israel's Hula Valley, Malka jerked his utility vehicle to a stop, bounded out of his seat, and jumped atop it, catching the creature in his hands.

The animal had a mottled backside and a black belly with white dots. It belonged to a species that most scientists thought had disappeared from the Earth more than half a century ago.

In fact, the Hula painted frog was the first amphibian to officially be declared extinct, in 1996. Prior to Malka's 2011 encounter, the animal had not been spotted alive in nearly 60 years.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; cryptozoology; godsgravesglyphs
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1 posted on 06/06/2013 4:12:11 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Now watch some idiot build apartments on it’s last habitat.


2 posted on 06/06/2013 4:13:25 PM PDT by MeganC (You can take my gun when you can grab it with your cold, dead fingers.)
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To: MeganC

Not if Israel has an EPA!


3 posted on 06/06/2013 4:15:44 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: MeganC

“Now watch some idiot build apartments on it’s last habitat.”

Now watch the EPA, the UN and Obama declare all of Israel habitat for this formerly extinct frog.

A Jews must be removed immediately?

/s (maybe)


4 posted on 06/06/2013 4:16:44 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: MeganC

Another myth of the greenies.


5 posted on 06/06/2013 4:19:04 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: MeganC

In fact, HAMAS must take over the habitat of this evil zionist frog.


6 posted on 06/06/2013 4:45:24 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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To: Daffynition
"We know nothing about its life history," he said. "We don't know if it's active at night. We don't know when it breeds, or how it breeds, or what its tadpoles look like."

In short, they need money to study Hula sex.

Heck! I did that during my Navy days ;-)

7 posted on 06/06/2013 4:52:42 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: Daffynition

So, was it Bud, Weis, or Er?


8 posted on 06/06/2013 4:54:52 PM PDT by Autonomous User (Pain Fades. Chicks Dig Scars. Glory, lasts forever.)
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To: Daffynition

The Hula Painted Frog, found in Israel as a refugee from Obama’s marxist-led Hawaiian paradise.

Makes sense.

Perhaps he feared being eaten by Obie during one of his vacations. After all, he did hear about that Indonesian dog....


9 posted on 06/06/2013 5:10:32 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Daffynition

Is it kosher ?


10 posted on 06/06/2013 5:27:05 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“Is it kosher ?”

Gotta be killed by a shocket, and then fried by blond virgin cooks, with the added proviso that said cooks be delivered to work by a flaming pink, transgendered unicorn.

Now you know why kosher frog is so rare and expensive.

PS Food Stamps are not accepted at Kosher Frog Restaurants.


11 posted on 06/06/2013 5:40:06 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
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To: Daffynition

I was just about to do the “Canada ping” and then I saw the photo. I thought the article was going to be something about Quebec. Nothing to see here, pardon me, carry on.


12 posted on 06/06/2013 5:40:45 PM PDT by Dartman (Mubarak and Gaddafi are going to look like choirboys when this is over)
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To: DakotaGator
Your salad days?


13 posted on 06/06/2013 5:52:32 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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14 posted on 06/06/2013 5:54:08 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: GladesGuru

Can I have mine fried up and served by Taylor Swift ?


15 posted on 06/06/2013 6:03:50 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Daffynition

I wonder what other species are lurking out there.


16 posted on 06/06/2013 6:12:58 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Daffynition

Inspector: Then we have number four. Number four: Crunchy Frog.

Mr. Hilton: Yes.

Inspector: Am I right in thinking there’s a real frog in ‘ere?

Mr. Hilton: Yes, a little one.

Inspector: What sort of frog?

Mr. Hilton: A...a *dead* frog.

Inspector: Is it cooked?

Mr. Hilton: No.

Inspector: What, a RAW frog?!?

Mr. Hilton: Oh, we use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and sealed in a succulent, Swiss, quintuple-smooth, treble-milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.

Inspector: That’s as may be, but it’s still a frog!

Mr. Hilton: What else?

Inspector: Well, don’t you even take the bones out?

Mr. Hilton: If we took the bones out, it wouldn’t be crunchy, would it?


17 posted on 06/06/2013 6:27:10 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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To: Daffynition

ROFLMAO!


18 posted on 06/06/2013 6:36:01 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: Daffynition

That’s what happens when you forget to tell the frog that he’s extinct.


19 posted on 06/06/2013 6:39:01 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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Ah yes, the crunchy frog. It's best served with the “spring surprise!”
20 posted on 06/06/2013 6:40:46 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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