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RE: found a 6-leg bullfrog: is this rare?

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Posted by: DMong at Sat May 14 10:36:56 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]  
   

Well, it certainly is less common than six-legged frogs, but I have seen and heard of countless frog deformities in the past with multiple legs, etc...Frogs and other amphibians are some of the most sensitive creatures on our planet, and are viewed by many scientists/biologists as "gauges" for pollution and toxins in the environment. Many chemicals/pollutants have been shown to cause many abnormalities in frogs in many different parts of the world.

I'm sure if you did a google search, you would see more on this than you could possibly shake a stick at too. They are far more common than most people would think.


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