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Three-headed frog

Children in a nursery in Weston-super-Mare were shocked to see a three-headed, six-legged frog.
All the creature's eyes and legs appear to function normally, but it is not known whether it eats using all three of its mouths.

Unfortunately, not much more is known about this amphibian Cerberus, which eluded its captors and hopped away as nursery staff were showing it to curious parents.

There are 8 comments on "Three-headed frog":

Posted by: mitch http:// Sat Mar 6 23:09:51 2004

http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/wildlife/frogs/frogdeformities.htm

Posted by: mihaly http:// Sun Mar 7 08:36:01 2004

In Richard Dawkin's book "Climbing Mount Improbable" there is a picture of a frog with a "macro-mutation", the eyes appearing through the open mouth. It looks bizarre, but the frog doesnt seem particularly perturbed.

Perhaps frogs are particularly susceptible to mutations, I don't know. But I am more concerned about mutations that are almost certainly the result of the use of depleted uranium weapons of mass (and deferred) destruction.

Posted by: acb http://dev.null.org Sun Mar 7 09:00:29 2004

I'm not aware of depleted uranium weapons having been used near Weston-super-Mare.

Posted by: gjw http://the-fix.org Sun Mar 7 22:48:09 2004

Frogs are very susceptible to mutations - that's why their most often used as environmental indicator species (think of all the primary school kiddies going out and doing "frog watch"). Very susceptible to mutations in the egg and tadpole stages, leading to strange results when they metamorphose.

Posted by: Alex http:// Mon Mar 8 12:49:09 2004

I'm kind of glad the only time the western media is going to care about DU munition radiation is when a 'Dirty IED' made from scavenged DU material (or contaminated sites) goes off in Trafalgar or Times Square.

Posted by: acb http://dev.null.org Mon Mar 8 13:11:55 2004

There's probably a programme somewhere in France to breed six-legged frogs (either by genetic engineering or conventional breeding of fortuitous mutants). Think of all the extra frog legs.

Posted by: billy http:// Tue Mar 9 17:46:04 2004

that'd be a keen idea for resturants that sell them to eat.

Posted by: Owen http://addedentry.livejournal.com/ Tue Mar 9 20:33:30 2004

I thought there was something suspicious about the way it 'hopped away'.

http://www.raygirvan.co.uk/apoth/trifrog.htm