> Hairy
> Small
> Uses bones as weapons
Yeah, whoever called it the wolverine frog did an excellent job
Also literally known as the Horror Frog
Submitted 1 week ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
Binturong@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Maybe the other animal named just wolverine was the inspiration too…
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Actually, the name wolverine frog is a direct reference to the comic book character.
hayvan@piefed.world 1 week ago
Conservation status: least concern.
Right. I have other concerns though.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We haven’t invented the inverse scale for obvious reasons.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 week ago
Extermination status: highest concern
0x0@infosec.pub 1 week ago
Its a dark market underground thing, you wouldnt like it
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
We canNOT let these evolve!
Just imagine horror frog post-carcinization…
shudders
riskable@programming.dev 1 week 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…
MoffKalast@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 1 week ago
Wolverfrog vs Newtpool
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Amphibians are crazy, dude! 😄
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Amazing!!
diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Uh huh, yeah, I recognize some of these words
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
That’s nice, dear.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
It is Wednesday, my dudes.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 week ago
AAAAHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh!
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
My favorite part is that it grew out it’s mutton chops for the sake of committing to the cosplay
GhostFace@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 week 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).
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 week ago
How the fuck did that evolve like that?
0x0@infosec.pub 1 week ago
Its mother was wolverine and the father a crazy frog
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
87Six@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
This mf vs Doomguy would be an even matchup
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
It’s okay, he’s only here to tell us what day of the week it is
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Wow it really does look like Wolverine, that’s fucking awesome
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
What. The. Fuck. Holy shit.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I want a pack of feral frogs to defend my home
Avicenna@programming.dev 1 week ago
badgers beyond my comprehension
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Spiders, centipedes and snakes, now fucking frogs gotta be nightmare fuel? Get me off this planet, please.
DEJED@feddit.org 1 week ago
Ppl looking for HP Lovecraft to get their horror fetiche satisfaction… just go to the local pond and observe…
Jakylla@jlai.lu 1 week 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
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Ya but it’s like 1 pound.
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Is this place just a “nature is metal” sub?
anugeshtu@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Nuclear radiation was discovered in 1895. That frog was discovered around 1900… Coincidence?
smeg@feddit.uk 1 week ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_frog
Yep, pretty horrifying, accurate name.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week 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.
protist@retrofed.com 1 week 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.
morto@piefed.social 1 week ago
Evolution only favors continuity, not well-being, and that’s why we should stop glorifying it
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Out of the loop on these ducks, are we talking about the duck rape?
Zombie@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Literal needle dick
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Evolution cna be just a strange fucking arms race.
Shrubbery@piefed.social 1 week ago
“Evolution, may I have broken bones?” “For better grip on rocks?” “Yeeeees” Actually for making weapons, like a boss
Venator@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Yeah it’s kinda hairy.