
Resurrecting the Extinct Frog with a Stomach for a Womb
Meet the GASTRIC BROODING FROG it went extinct in the 1980s but through the LAZARUS PROJECT it is no longer extinct.
Yes, your thoughts are correct, scientists produced cloned embryos of extinct frog.
Now what is special about this frog?
Simply put, the mother frog converts her stomachs into a womb. She swallows her own eggs and stops making hydrochloric acid in her stomach to avoid digesting her own young. Around 20 to 25 tadpoles hatch inside her and the mucus from their gills continues to keep the acid at bay. While the tadpoles grow over the next six weeks, mum never eats. Her stomach bloats so much that her lungs collapse, forcing her to breathe through her skin. Eventually, she gives birth to her brood through “propulsive vomiting”, spewing them into the world as fully-formed froglets.
Read more about this:
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-extinct-frog-with-a-stomach-for-a-womb/
Reference:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130315151044.htm
Cara Corina, la descrizione della riproduzione di questa specie risorta mi ha fatto mettere seriamente in dubbio la 'poesia' della maternità...
ReplyDeleteE poi ho pensato: "ma cosa si è disposti a fare pur di sopravvivere" !
Ciao Corina, scusa la mia voglia di sorridere..