by way of riverrealm (click on the link, examine the picture)

[novapsyche]

Puzzle over three-headed frog

Children in a nursery were shocked when they spotted a three-headed frog hopping in their garden.

The creature - which has six legs - has stunned a BBC wildlife expert who said it could be an early warning of environmental problems.

Laura Pepper, from the Green Umbrella nursery in Weston-super-Mare, said: "We thought it was three frogs huddled together at first.

"It is very strange. The children couldn't believe it."

Mike Dilger, from the BBC Natural History Unit, said: "I have never seen anything like this.

"Frogs are primitive animals - so the occasional extra toe is not that unusual. But this is very unusual."

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[liquidgrey.livejournal.com]

The creature - which has six legs - has stunned a BBC wildlife expert who said it could be an early warning of environmental problems.

early warning? hasn't anyone been paying attention to what's being going on for the past few decades?

[fadedpaladin.livejournal.com]

early warning?
what, siamese triplets can't happen to amphibians? without mutagens?

[liquidgrey.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they can, from time to time (though the possibility is far more likely to manifest in the presence of mutagenic factors, which abound undeniably in the present world-state).