Puzzle over three-headed frog?

[NeghVar]

This is curiously interesting...

Children in a nursery were shocked when they spotted a three-headed frog hopping in their garden...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3534361.stm

Enjoy!

 

[Aeolius]

Bud.....Weis......Er!!

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

Bud.....Weis......Er!!

4 words: "lol", "ewww", and "chimeric toad".

AR

 

[Psychotic Jim]

Run!!! It's the Stench Toad come to life!!!







... (it's a monster from Creature Collection 2).

 

[Psychotic Jim]

A related article

Check out this article that was under "see also": http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3200214.stm

a blob frog...

 

[Tallok]

THings like this are no longer newsworthy around here.... the river running through portland has signs all over it saying "warning, raw sewage"

 

[Mark]

"The creature - which has six legs - has stunned a BBC wildlife expert who said it could be an early warning of environmental problems."

Uh...Ya THINK?!

 

[LightPhoenix]

Just random thoughts, since I don't know much at all about amphibian biology.

I seem to recall hearing at one point that frogs are actually more likely to develop mutations because as tadpoles they're still developing, unlike a great many species. Certainly mutagens could be one cause, and probably the most likely given how it basically seems as if three tadpoles merged together - I would imagine something broke down the tadpoles' coverings, whatever they are. Though (and again, educated speculation) I think bacteria can affect tadpoles growing up, and certainly being cut can do that too, since amphibians and reptiles tend to have good regenerative abilities.

And did I read the story right, or did the mutated frog escape? How do you lose something like that?

 

[Gez]

"Frogs are primitive animals - so the occasional extra toe is not that unusual. But this is very unusual."

Run away! RUN AWAY!!! IT'S A SLAAAAAAD! IT'LL IMPLANT EGGS IN YOU!!!

 

[the Jester]

And did I read the story right, or did the mutated frog escape? How do you lose something like that?

D00d, six legs. Lotsa hoppin'.