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Borneo rainbow toad seen for 1st time in 87 years
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| 07-14-2011
| By SEAN YOONG
Posted on 07/14/2011 7:35:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
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This photo, taken June 13, 2011 and released by Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, shows an adult female Bornean Rainbow Toad, also referred to as Sambas Stream Toad (Ansonia latidisca) in Penrissen, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Scientists scouring the mountains of Borneo spotted the toads, which were last seen by European explorers in 1924, providing the world with the first photographs of the colorful, spindly-legged creature, a researcher said Thursday, July 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Indraneil Das)
I used to see them all the time in the 60's...............
To: Red Badger
“I’ve been sick” said the toad.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:39:14 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Sans Sarah-Bachmann's The One.")
To: Red Badger
Been gone that long sure it is not “Rip Van Toad”.
To: Happy Rain
I’ve been hangin’ with the Grateful Dead....................
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:40:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Happy Rain
Nature can surprise us when we are close to giving up hope, especially amidst our planet's escalating extinction crisis," Robin Moore...said in a statementI feel pity for people like this. It must be hard to live in a constant state of hyperventilation about everything you say, and everything you do.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:41:42 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: Red Badger
What about the Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka?
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:42:21 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:43:18 AM PDT
by
QBFimi
(When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
To: dfwgator
They all crossed illegally into India.............
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:43:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
Come to think about it I haven’t seen Helen Thomas for a while either.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:44:16 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Red Badger
Dang, that toad looks like something out of a 1960’s psychedelic acid trip.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:44:16 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: Red Badger
>>> Scientists scouring the mountains of Borneo spotted a toad species last seen in 1924 by European explorers ...
See, if these ‘scientists’ leave the poor toad alone, the species may not be too hard to find. The process of ‘scouring the mountains’ probably doomed whatever ‘good’ they thought they did to bring the new photo to the world.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:44:35 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: Red Badger
Call off the global warming scare.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:48:00 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Obama is a Communist, a Muslim, and an illegal alien)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:56:35 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: Red Badger
I'm not not liking toads.
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:56:35 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The Dems demanding shared sacrifice are like Aztec priests doing it while cutting out my heart.)
To: dfwgator
And let's not forget hypnotoad!
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posted on
07/14/2011 7:59:24 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: rarestia
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!
To: Red Badger
"In recent years, the Washington-based Conservation International placed the Sambas stream toad, also known as the Bornean rainbow toad, on a world "Top 10 Most Wanted Lost Frogs" and voiced fears it might be extinct."So is it a toad or a frog?
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posted on
07/14/2011 8:07:02 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
To: muir_redwoods
Not a lot of difference, IMHO................
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posted on
07/14/2011 8:07:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Sgt_Schultze
Definitely not a candidate for Friday night barbecued frog legs .............. no meat thereon! :O)
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posted on
07/14/2011 8:14:16 AM PDT
by
Old Badger
(I still like Palin because she will tell like it is and she take no prisoners!)
To: muir_redwoods
Toad, frog, global warming, global cooling ... it’s all the same.
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posted on
07/14/2011 8:23:11 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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