Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Frogs Are Being Eaten To Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090120195731.htm

ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2009) — The global trade in frog legs for human consumption is threatening their extinction, according to a new study by an international team including University of Adelaide researchers.

The researchers say the global pattern of harvesting and decline of wild populations of frogs appears to be following the same path set by overexploitation of the seas and subsequent "chain reaction" of fisheries collapses around the world.

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