Also literally known as the Horror Frog

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• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  > Hairy

  > Small

  > Uses bones as weapons

  Yeah, whoever called it the wolverine frog did an excellent job

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  • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure its the other way around: this frog would have been the inspiration for the character.

    animals often are. especially unusual ones.

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    • Binturong@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe the other animal named just wolverine was the inspiration too…

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    • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Actually, the name wolverine frog is a direct reference to the comic book character.

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• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The hairy frog is also notable in possessing retractable “claws”, which it may project through the skin, apparently by intentionally breaking the bones of the toe.[5] These are not true claws, as they are made of bone, not keratin. In addition, there is a small bony nodule nestled in the tissue just beyond the frog’s fingertip. When sheathed, each claw is anchored to the nodule with tough strands of collagen. When the frog is grabbed or attacked, it breaks the nodule connection and forces the sharpened bones through the skin.[6][7] Although a retraction mechanism is not known, it has been hypothesized that the claws later retract passively, while the damaged tissue is regenerated.

  This type of natural weaponry appears to be unique in the animal kingdom, although the Otton frog possesses a similar “spike” in its thumb.[8] An alternative hypothesis is that the broken bones could provide a better grip on rocks.[9]

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_frog

  Yep, pretty horrifying, accurate name.

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  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A picture adds the missing context that the meme leans into to make this seem more awful than it is.

    The bone isn’t broken as if it was cracked in half and the jagged shards protrude from the skin. The tips of the toe bones are sharp points, held in place inside by a tiny “claw rest”’ bone at the end. The frog flexes a muscle, the bone breaks free from the bony rest, and the sharp tips protrude through the toe pads.

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  • protist@retrofed.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nature is fucked up. Bedbugs mate via “traumatic insemination,” where the male stabs the female in the gut with his reproductive organ and injects sperm straight into her body. And we all know about ducks…

    Crazy shit evolves.

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    • morto@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Evolution only favors continuity, not well-being, and that’s why we should stop glorifying it

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    • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Out of the loop on these ducks, are we talking about the duck rape?

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    • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Literal needle dick

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  • Shrubbery@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Evolution, may I have broken bones?” “For better grip on rocks?” “Yeeeees” Actually for making weapons, like a boss

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• hayvan@piefed.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Conservation status: least concern.

  Right. I have other concerns though.

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  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We haven’t invented the inverse scale for obvious reasons.

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    • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Extermination status: highest concern

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    • 0x0@infosec.pub ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Its a dark market underground thing, you wouldnt like it

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  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We canNOT let these evolve!

    Just imagine horror frog post-carcinization…

    shudders

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• riskable@programming.dev ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s not the only animal like this! The Iberian Ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles waltl) will push its own ribcage out of its chest (turning them into spikes) and secretes toxic venom through those bones…

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_ribbed_newt

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  • MoffKalast@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    P. waltl is a model organism for the study of adult regeneration. Similar to other salamanders, P. waltl can regenerate lost limbs, injured heart tissue, and lesioned brain cells, in addition to other body parts such as the eye lens and the spinal cord. The 20 Gb genome of P. waltl has been sequenced to facilitate research into the genetic basis of this regenerative ability.[20] Regeneration is able to occur due to the newt’s specialized progenitor cells and the transduction of their somatic cells, which act like stem cells.[21] Stem cells repair damaged tissue and contribute to regeneration effects. In most organisms, the efficiency of the function of these stem cells decrease, but in some organisms like P. waltl, this degeneration does not occur.

    This thing is genuinely Wolverine in terms of healing superpowers.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Amphibians are crazy, dude! 😄

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  • diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Uh huh, yeah, I recognize some of these words

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  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Amazing!!

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  • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s nice, dear.

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• frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It is Wednesday, my dudes.

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• QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My favorite part is that it grew out it’s mutton chops for the sake of committing to the cosplay

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• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, that’s “Wolverine frog” as in The Wolverine, Logan, not the animal he was named after. Because those bone blades are kinda like his (except they come out of the finger tips like that other version of him that he fought in X2).

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• DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What. The. Fuck. Holy shit.

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• Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I want a pack of feral frogs to defend my home

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• Avicenna@programming.dev ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  badgers beyond my comprehension

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• 87Six@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This mf vs Doomguy would be an even matchup

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• heartSagan5@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is this place just a “nature is metal” sub?

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• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s okay, he’s only here to tell us what day of the week it is

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Image

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wow it really does look like Wolverine, that’s fucking awesome

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• DEJED@feddit.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ppl looking for HP Lovecraft to get their horror fetiche satisfaction… just go to the local pond and observe…

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• NatakuNox@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ya but it’s like 1 pound.

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• Jakylla@jlai.lu ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hopefully, the frog only have bones to show up, and does not contains explosive power. Looks like if it had, it would kamikaze itself like a Creeper without a doubt

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• anugeshtu@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nuclear radiation was discovered in 1895. That frog was discovered around 1900… Coincidence?

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