Frogs are dying off at record rates — an ominous sign the 6th mass extinction is hitting one group of creatures hardeststeemCreated with Sketch.

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In the past 50 years, more than 500 amphibian species have experienced population declines worldwide, and 90 of them have gone extinct, due to a deadly fungal disease called chytridiomycosis (or chytrid fungus), which corrodes frog flesh.

According to a recent study in the journal Science, chytridiomycosis has wreaked havoc on frog, toad, and salamander species around the world. Amphibian deaths associated with chytrid fungus represent the greatest recorded loss of biodiversity attributable to any one disease, the authors found. Humans enabled the disease to spread further than it otherwise could have in large part because of the global wildlife trade.

Do check out the link. It’s got a bunch of pictures by Dutch photographer Matthijs Kuijpers of some seriously weird-looking amphibians.


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Very sad if there are extinct living things on our earth. This will cause a disturbance in the balance of the ecosystem. Hopefully there will be an effort to preserve frogs. Have a nice day, sir.

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