Item: News Digest for February 8, 2010
Frogs have impressive traits: study:
A graduate student at the Free University of Brussels has compiled a list of special frog traits that could have “enabled these amphibians to conquer the world.” Ines Van Bocxlaer said toads have spread to almost all corners of the world in less than 10 million years – a relatively short period in the span of history. He cites traits such as poisonous glands and the ability to live away from water.