As an amphibian myself, I found the little tidbit of news found here to be quite distressing. Researchers in California have discovered that even very low doses of a common weed killer can cause frogs to develop multiple sex organs — sometimes both male and female! I'm never going to visit my froggy cousins in L.A. again! It'll be like an amphibious crying game!
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Same with fish that live near the run off of many chemical plants, oestrogen gets into the water and the fish all change sex.
Apparently the water in London is also rife with oestrogen which many attribute to infertility found in many men within the centre of London. The average glass of water in London has pased through 7 people already
I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virility...And those Pink elephants I'd see.
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Originally posted by Tamerlane Thats somewhat disturbing...
I know, and if those people are taking the pill it can get transfered through the water because the filter they use doesn't necessarily neutralise it... worrying Oestrogen isn't the only chemical that gets through
I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virility...And those Pink elephants I'd see.
Originally posted by Rob-hin Nah, it gets filtered. It's the same everywhere.
Not in my backyard bub! That’s why I have a well.
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
Originally posted by Gruntboy @Kayless, but you are already a man-girl?
Ack! That's a slanderous lie I tells ya! I'm many things: Frogspawn, disco crazy, deranged... but I've never been a hermaphrodite (at least to the best of my knowledge: I think I would've noticed). Though now that I think about it, certain parts of the mutation aren't that bad. Some frogs just developed multiple sexual organs of the same gender. And what guy wouldn't want two... er, I'll stop talking now!
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Is it just multiple sex organs that are mutating in these frogs? If male frogs are say, growing boobs, Kayless might not ever leave his house again; he'll just sit around with his hands on his chest all day.
Kayless's wife: Honey, go to work! We haven't fed the tadpoles for weeks!
Kayless: Why should I leave? I have everything I need right here!
Jesus saves! And takes half damage!
If brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough.
Frogus still hasn't showed up, i think HDL is right, only this time it is Frogus and not kayless!
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
Originally posted by frogus You will all be accountable in hell for your sins.
Hey you alive and err....you ok???
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
That ain't no woman. It's a man, man (a tip of the hat to Austin Powers).
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.