Current Event- Lungless Frog
Lungless Frog
National geographic kids
An animal that can breathe through its skin and not through its lungs might sound a little alien-like, but strangely enough, this animal lives on Earth and is known as Barbourula kalimantanensis, the frog without lungs.The first recorded species of frog that breathes without lungs was found in a clear, cold-water stream on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. It gets all of its oxygen through its skin. When they heard about the lungless frog, the biologists immediately partially dissected several frogs when they found out that one of the species had no lungs! The researchers said that the lungless frogs are adapted to the higher oxygen content in fast-flowing water.
I've heard of this frog before, but imagine not having lungs and being able to absorb oxygen through your skin?! :) This was a very good summary. Just remember to add the author, if known, and the date the article was written. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, an image of this frog would be great to add to your blog post. :)
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