Frog Long Thought Extinct Is Rediscovered in Israel

NatGeo ^ | June 6, 2013 | Ker Than

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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.

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Now all we need is an arab scorpion to complete the tale.

*shrug* It’s the Middle East...

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So maybe this frog has cloven hooves and chews a cud, nu?

[wildbill]

This is great. Now all we have to do to protect Israel is go to the appropriate UN committee on the environment and get them to pass a resolution that bans bombs, rockets and gas attacks on the habitat of this irreplaceable frog.

God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform.

[Manic_Episode]

I wonder if we are going to see a hundred million billion of these invade Palastine?l

[Daffynition]

Goodness! Haven’t thought of that! UN sanctioned, no doubt.