Toad eggs adhere in and out of wate
1. Eggs adhere in and out of water: midwife toad
"After the pair lays and fertilizes strings of twenty to sixty eggs, the father thrusts his legs through the egg mass. The sticky egg strings adhere to him, and he stumbles around for the next few weeks with the eggs entwined around his thighs and...
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2. Skin grows over fertilized eggs: surinam toad
"The Pipa toad is one of the most aquatic of the anurans, spending all its life in water. It is a grotesque creature with a flattened body and a squashed-looking head. When they mate, the male grasps the female with his arms as most water-breeding...
3. Eggs adhere in seawater: cuttlefish
"The eggs of [cuttlefish] have sticky surfaces that enable them to adhere to cavities in the deeps of the sea." (Yahya 2002:112)
4. Birds’ eggs are strong from the outside, but easily breakable from the inside.
“The geometry of birds’ eggs have quite interesting characteristics. On the one hand, they are amazingly strong from the outside, so a bird can warm its eggs by sitting on them till the chicks hatch. On the other hand, they are easily breakabl...
5. Eggs glued to leaves: coddling moth
"A European moth that is a serious pest in orchards, lays its eggs in spirals glued together around the twigs of fruit trees. When they hatch, the young caterpillars, while sustaining themselves by eating the leaves immediately around them, spin a...
6. Brain fights microbes: giant fire-bellied toad
"Twenty-two and four antimicrobial peptides were purified and characterized from the brain homogenate of Bombina maxima and B. microdeladigitora, respectively...These antimicrobial peptides belong to two peptide groups (maximin and maximin-H). Twe...
7. Toner Recycling Programs
If you are involved in a toner recycling program you're making an ecologically responsible choice concerning how to handle your empty computer printer cartridges.In any toner recycle program, you should have a refillable toner cartridge. Com...
8. Old leaves help remove excess salt: mangrove
"But the difficulties faced by a human being are as nothing compared with those with which the mangroves themselves must deal. Twice a day the tide rises to drown their roots, and then recedes to expose them to the air. Twice a day the water aroun...
9. Turtle eggs are flexible and permeable.
Flexible-shelled eggs protect developing turtle and the egg-shell structure allows moisture absorption.
10. Lungs help detect sound: fire-bellied toad
"How is it possible for a land vertebrate to hear if it has neither external nor middle ears to transmit sounds from the outside world to its inner ears? One species that can do so is the fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis). It is responsive to...
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