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Rachel Keeffe

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Evolution

A hard pillbug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey

November 15, 2022

The phrase “to swallow one’s tongue” has been around since at least the 1880s and has been repurposed in several…
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Vintage illustration of frog skeleton in left-hand frame and live frog in right-hand frame

Evolution

Frog forelimbs may be adapted for love and war as well as jumping

August 29, 2022

Hold out your arm with your palm facing downward. Now rotate your hand 90 degrees to give a thumbs-up without…
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Evolution

How to get the upper body of a burrowing frog

August 31, 2020

You might think the buffest frogs would be high jumpers, but if you want shredded pecs, you should train like…
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