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Originally Posted by Dave R
Anyone else notice how few frogs there are now? When I was a kid, there were frogs all along the shore.
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Frogs and other amphibians are disappearing worldwide. A thinning ozone layer is the suspected culprit, as most amphibian eggs have not evolved a resistance to the increase in solar UV radiation.
A few frog populations are
increasing, but whether they are taking over the habitat of the "lost" frogs, are "invasive species", or are naturally resistant to increased UV, hasn't been adequately studied as yet (and aren't well funded to boot).
I think the "malformed-frog crisis" turned out to be an endemic bacterial infection --
not UV-related.
http://www.solcomhouse.com/frogs.htm
Here's this morning's blurb on herons (
'Todja they were "mean"), with a couple of hummingbird stories thrown in.
http://www.theunionleader.com/articl...?article=41537
P.S. Has there been a bumper crop of daddy-long-legs this year?