Thursday, April 17, 2008

Frog breathe without lungs ... Raise the curiosity of scientists


The world can be found in Indonesia to a new faction of frogs unable to breathe without lungs may turn the concept of the evolution of animal upside down. And discovered the frog in August 2007 on the island of Borneo. The world David Beckford, told Agence France Presse that the autopsy revealed frog it is able to breathe through the pores of the skin. The types of frogs breathe partially through pores but this frog which is dubbed Barbourula Kalimntanensis is the first that has evolved through the abandonment of the lungs to breathe. Pickford said that all concepts of evolution turns upside down, which indicates that these animals developed lungs and has moved from the water to live in the open air. The expert from the National University of Singapore frog, which they turned traditional norms gained through millions of years of evolution. It appears that the frog lost lungs over the years to cope with the cold and rapid currents in the rivers of Borneo forest. Pickford said that the cold water containing greater amounts of oxygen. He added that the frog Borneo as a distinctive form completely flat. And discovered dozens of animal and plant species annually in Borneo, one of the regions of the world, known for their vital .. Source: http://www.yasater.com/news.php?newsid=7538

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