“Horror Frog” Breaks Own Bones To Produce Claws
By Richard Chasey, posted on May 29th, 2008 in Biodiversity
Originally Published by New Scientist
Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws – trichobatrachus robustus – that breaks its own bones to produce claws that puncture the frog’s skin.
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