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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Teeny Frog Saved From Extinction In Zoos
The Denver Zoo is part of an effort to save a disappearing frog species that has become Panama's national symbol of nature.Scientists fear that sometime next year, the last wild Panamanian golden frogs will die. The species is being destroyed by a fungus that is also wiping out other amphibian species. But about two dozen zoos including the Denver Zoo have several hundred of the frogs in captivity.
The fungus was only the final blow for a species whose numbers have long been dwindling because of deforestation, overcollection and water pollution.
Labels: animals, environment, frogs, nature, zoo
