Tuesday 9 May 2023

CREATURE DAY

 



Well hello Tuesday it is creature day and this week it is the Paedophryne Amauensis you may be wondering what the hell is it, well it is the worlds smallest vertebrate. That doesn't help I know so how about this it is a frog.

Found in the eastern rainforests of Papua New Guinea, it lives in a leaf litter on the forests floor and eats tiny invertebrates such as mites, which are ignored by bigger predators.

They're adept jumpers and they can leap 30 times the length of their body.

Their high pitched call sounds like that of an insect and is particularly difficult for humans to hear, which is perhaps why it went undiscovered until 2009.

Unlike other frogs its life cycle doesn't include a tadpole phase, instead they hatch as “hoppers” or miniature versions of the adults.

4 comments:

  1. OMG!! Those are the cutest frogs ever!!!

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  2. At first look I thought it was a tick...

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  3. How interesting Jo-Anne, never knew they existed.

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  4. Rita..... I know, right

    Chris.....Yeah I can see why

    Margaret.......Neither did I

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