Tuesday, February 19, 2008

giant frog

He might be the largest and meanest frog that ever lived. This
big-mouth-frog lived about 7 million years ago, was sixteen inches
high and weighed ten pounds.
The frog, dubbed Beelzebufo, resembles
the family of horned toads that are now unique to South America. But,
at more than 4 centimetres in length, it would have been more than
twice the size of its nearest living relative. .
According to this
BBC News article the fossil of a giant 7-million-year-old frog -
already nicknamed "Beelzebufo" or "frog from Hell" - has been
unearthed on the island of Madagascar.
image. Scientists working in
Madagascar have found what may be the largest frog that ever lived—and
it had an attitude to match, experts say.
According to this BBC News
article the fossil of a giant 7-million-year-old frog - already
nicknamed "Beelzebufo" or "frog from Hell" - has been unearthed on the
island of Madagascar.
According to this BBC News article the fossil
of a giant 7-million-year-old frog - already nicknamed "Beelzebufo" or
"frog from Hell" - has been unearthed on the island of Madagascar.

image. Scientists working in Madagascar have found what may be the
largest frog that ever lived—and it had an attitude to match, experts
say.
The frog, dubbed Beelzebufo, resembles the family of horned
toads that are now unique to South America. But, at more than 4
centimetres in length, it would have been more than twice the size of
its nearest living relative. .

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