 BBC News | BBC News Frogs learn to recognise the smell of their enemies while they are still developing as embryos, say scientists. Researchers in the US and Canada found that woodfrog embryos were able to learn the "level of threat" posed by their future predators - salamanders. Embryos put into water containing the odour of a salamander and the odour of injured tadpoles learned that the predator's smell was a threat. And the stronger the odour, the more dramatic the tadpoles' reaction. more » |
Friday, October 30, 2009
Frog embryos 'smell' predators
Frog embryos 'smell' predators
Sunday, October 18, 2009
New vivaria
After a bit of a delay, I got around to setting up the two new vivaria I bought a while ago. Not very exciting yet, but they'll look better when they've grown in:
One contains juvenile Dendrobates leucomelas, the other D. tinctorius Patricia, but I hope to put something more exciting in there eventually.
One contains juvenile Dendrobates leucomelas, the other D. tinctorius Patricia, but I hope to put something more exciting in there eventually.
Monday, October 05, 2009
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