Plant thorns, spiny insects and even radio transmitters don't stick around for long inside tree frogs. Researchers have discovered that these amphibians can absorb foreign objects from their body cavities into their bladders and excrete them through urination.Would be a good party trick if a human could do it.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
A very unusual talent
Frogs' secret disposal system revealed : Nature News
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Maybe you should ask someone who has passed a kidney stone about that.
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