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Critically endangered Caribbean Mountain frogs that 'taste like chicken' are born in custom-built home at London Zoo
What are mountain chicken frogs? Mountain chicken frogs are critically endangered amphibians native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat. A recent survey of hotspots on Dominica ...
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Mountain chicken frogs: 'World’s most threatened frogs' welcome clutch of baby froglets at London Zoo
A recent intensive survey to find the frogs in Dominica identified just 21 individuals. In 2009, conservationists from London Zoo and other European zoos airlifted the last few mountain chicken ...
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Researchers Fight a Devastating Amphibian Infection Using Heat
After gently unzipping three nylon tents and laying their flaps flat to the ground, the program coordinator for Mountain Chicken Reintroduction and his team waited silently in a moonlit clearing for ...