18. Fanged Frog: Dat Bitey Boi

Darwin's Deviations

Ever bite into a frog and wonder…can it ever bite back…but then realize you are the host of a survival reality show and consume innocent creatures for the shock and amusement of braindead slobs who never leave their home??? Or maybe you’re just French. Well…these frogs can bite your ass!!!…but only if you’re also a frog…and male…I guess they’re picky biters :/

Join us as we waste some more of your time reading this text instead of just playing the podcast…because you just need to read this to the very end…even though it is pretty obvious we are writing nonsense, and deliberately annoying you…because you just cannot stop now when you can see you are almost finished…but only because I am too lazy to write another sentence. BECAUSE!

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SOURCES:

Wikipedia: Limnonectes

Do Frogs Have Teeth?

The Function of Teeth on the Roof of a Frog's Mouth

Frogs Evolve Teeth - Again

Understanding Arachibutyrophobia

Frog ancestors devoured prey with thousands of hooked teeth

Bird-Eating Fanged Frog Found in Greater Mekong

The secret life of a fanged frog with an enormous head

"Vampire Flying Frog" Found; Tadpoles Have Black Fangs

Scientists discover fanged frogs that give birth to tadpoles

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Paluh, Daniel & Stanley, Edward & Blackburn, David. (2020). Evolution of hyperossification expands skull diversity in frogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117. 202000872. 10.1073/pnas.2000872117.

Iskandar, Djoko T & Evans, Ben & Mcguire, Jimmy. (2014). A Novel Reproductive Mode in Frogs: A New Species of Fanged Frog with Internal Fertilization and Birth of Tadpoles. PloS one. 9. e115884. 10.1371/journal.pone.0115884.