""Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws.
Trichobatrachus robustus actively breaks its own bones to produce claws that puncture their way out of the frog's toe pads, probably when it is threatened."
The rest can be found here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1399...s2_head_dn13991
I don't know what to say Ouch maybe? o_O
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Wow, I've never heard of this before. I wonder if it's common among frogs? Neat find 
Cat-Frog ... oh that cartoon was catdog. 
Could you imagine going to the vet to declaw your toad?
Could you imagine going to the vet to declaw your toad?
Cool find Jorken!
Ugly little buggers.
*sings* "Cat-frog......... cat-frog".
Ugly little buggers.
*sings* "Cat-frog......... cat-frog".
That's an interesting read...I think all frogs are ugly, and this one beat's them all...
That is... hideous... and nasty... and painful. Wow. Good thing I don't like froggy things. Ick. *shudders*
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I don't know what to say Ouch maybe? o_O
Yeah, you're right. Ouch.
That's so different. Tsk tsk tsk.
This is certainly very interesting. It must hurt a lot. This frog reminds me of wolverine lol. I really don't care if an animal is ugly. All nature is unique.
It's like Wolverine!
Just one more amazing adaption in the animal world.
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This frog reminds me of wolverine lol
That's what I was thinking. WEIRD adaptation.
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