Frog In The Pond

[jo]

just moved in about 3months ago . All this time trying to dicover new things in my pond which has been great. but for nearly 3months i thought we had two frogs the pond , one swimming on top of the other. at first i thought this strange since it was in January i dicovered them . today now being march i took a long look and the frogs were in the same position swimming around together . taking a closer look i think i only saw 6 legs 1 head . The head being quite pointy . I shall go out again when the sun is beaming in my pond and take a closer look.

[Eileen]

Quite a few of these deformed, or as some called them, 'Siamese twin' frogs have been spotted lately Jo although I don't think anyone is actually sure of just what exactly causes such a phenomenon. Does anyone have any theories? If you could manage to get a photograph for us it would be much appreciated.
Here's a report I found that you may be interested in.

3 Headed Frog Found
Frog Also Has 6 Legs

March 5th. 2004.

Wildlife experts in Britain are stunned by the apparent discovery of a frog with three croaking heads and six legs, Local 6 News will report Friday night.

The frog was reportedly found at a children's day nursery in the English village of Weston Super-Mare in Somerset, according to the report.

The staff at the Green Umbrella nursery first thought it was three frogs huddled together but after closer inspection they realized the frogs were joined together.

A wildlife biologist said a reason for the three-headed frog’s development could have been damage to the embryo, according to a report.




Others say the malformations are caused by GM crop experimentation, pesticides, changes in the environment or even virus's attacking the eggs.

[fbcpmike]

I got caught on this one too, apparently it was released (the news story, not the frog!) last year early March. General opinion is it was 2 males after the affections of a female and the photo was then doctored.

[Eileen]

Guess we'll never really know the whole truth of the matter although the photograph does seem rather odd. To me it looks like two females on top of a male. Maybe they didn't know how to sex amphibians.

[The chimp]

Originally Posted by Eileen

Quite a few of these deformed, or as some called them, 'Siamese twin' frogs have been spotted lately Jo although I don't think anyone is actually sure of just what exactly causes such a phenomenon. Does anyone have any theories? If you could manage to get a photograph for us it would be much appreciated.
Here's a report I found that you may be interested in.

3 Headed Frog Found
Frog Also Has 6 Legs

March 5th. 2004.

Wildlife experts in Britain are stunned by the apparent discovery of a frog with three croaking heads and six legs, Local 6 News will report Friday night.

The frog was reportedly found at a children's day nursery in the English village of Weston Super-Mare in Somerset, according to the report.

The staff at the Green Umbrella nursery first thought it was three frogs huddled together but after closer inspection they realized the frogs were joined together.

A wildlife biologist said a reason for the three-headed frog’s development could have been damage to the embryo, according to a report.




Others say the malformations are caused by GM crop experimentation, pesticides, changes in the environment or even virus's attacking the eggs.

I've seen that article too. I found it strange too but then i thought that if humans can be born siemese, why can't frogs?
The chimp.