Events2Join

A Frog So Small


A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog - The Atlantic

A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog. Most frogs can jump and land with the precision and grace of an Olympic gymnast. And then there's the ...

Miniature frogs set record as first vertebrates to lose the ability to ...

In an evolutionary first, researchers have shown that a group of frogs alternately called pumpkin toadlets and flea toads have become so small ...

A frog so small, it could not frog - Hacker News

A type of frog is very small, and their vestibular systems are too small to work properly - so jumping results in an uncontrolled landing.

See the world's tiniest frogs - and why being so small is so hard - BBC

Brachycephalus pulex might be the title holders for world's smallest vertebrate. But it's not easy being green – or tiny.

So what kept the frogs small : r/Paleontology - Reddit

A frog's skeleton doesn't provide as much support to its body as it does for reptiles/mammals, so at some point they would just collapse under ...

Science Snapshot: Small Frogs Can't Jump (Gracefully) - YouTube

The combination of fluid and tiny hairs in the inner ear help the vertebrate brain interpret an organism's position in space and provides a ...

Why is my WTF so small? : r/frogs - Reddit

At about 10 months old they should be 90% of their adult size. WTF's not growing very quickly or not achieving normal adult size is usually from ...

Scientists are fascinated by this itty bitty frog that's extremely bad at ...

Pumpkin toadlets are a species of miniaturized amphibian native to the mountaintops of Brazil, where they spend their days moving slowly through ...

World's Smallest Frog Found—Fly-Size Beast Is Tiniest Vertebrate

At an average of 7.7 millimeters long, the newfound Paedophryne amauensis is a hair smaller than the previous record holder, the Southeast Asian ...

These tiny frogs have one big problem: they're bad at hopping.

Our CEO Brad in particular is especially fond of the amphibians, even going so far as to sport the name Frogboy on our forums and in other ...

Pumpkin toadlets can't jump: The frog that gave up balance for size

Frogs usually land on their feet, but one group of tiny toadlets from Brazil are so small they can't stick a landing. Pumpkin toadlets ( ...

This Toad Is So Tiny That They Call It a Flea - The New York Times

A “toadlet” in Brazil is the second-smallest vertebrate known to exist on the planet.

Science Snapshot: Small Frogs Can't Jump (Gracefully) - The Scientist

According to a paper published today (June 15) in Science Advances, pumpkin toadlets (genus Brachycephalus, and they're actually frogs) from ...

These Frogs Are so Small, They Lose Their Balance - Treehugger

Pumpkin toadlets are so small they can't stay balanced during speedy maneuvers like jumping. When gently nudged, these tiny amphibians vault then lose their ...

A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog - The Atlantic - Everand

A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog - Read online for free. Most frogs can jump and land with the precision and grace of an Olympic gymnast.

These tiny frogs are really bad at landing jumps | Science News

Brachycephalus pernix frogs have trouble sensing small changes in rotation, which makes landing jumps difficult, a new study suggests.

These Toadlets Are So Tiny They Can't Balance Anymore, And The ...

But researchers have just discovered there's a limit to how small a backboned animal can get, while still retaining the ability to balance.

Finding Mini Frogs: These Aren't Babies, They're Just Little

Mini frogs are microendemic. Where endemic species occur in large areas like a state or a country, microendemic species occur in small areas ...

New staple-size frog is one of the tiniest ever discovered

Mini mum, Mini ature, and Mini scule “are astronomically small,” says Mark Scherz, an evolutionary biologist at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität ...

Why Is This Tiny Frog So Awful At Jumping? - Defector

The paper confirms that many species of pumpkin toadlets, which belong to a genus of tiny frogs called Brachycephalus, present "a very unusual ...