Ribbit ribbit ribb - OW!!!
Remember all the one-legged frogs that were caused by the enviros shopping list of industrial horrors? Chemical pollution. Increased UV radiation caused by the hole in the ozone layer (the natural hole that comes and goes).
Strike another one for Occam's Razor -- from
the BBC:
Legless frogs mystery solved
Scientists think they have resolved one of the most controversial environmental issues of the past decade: the curious case of the missing frogs' legs.
Around the world, frogs are found with missing or misshaped limbs, a striking deformity that many researchers believe is caused by chemical pollution.
However, tests on frogs and toads have revealed a more natural, benign cause.
The deformed frogs are actually victims of the predatory habits of dragonfly nymphs, which eat the legs of tadpoles.
The article then goes on to point out that if it was a true
teratogenic problem, then you would see multiple limbs and other deformities just as frequently as missing ones.
Chalk one up for science and one down for environmentalist sub-prime science.
Again, I am passionately for the environment but I have a science background and want the decisions being made to be made on the basis of peer-reviewed science and not politics.
Posted by DaveH at June 25, 2009 7:21 PM
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