Underwater Wood Frog Eggscape

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mfb
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Underwater Wood Frog Eggscape

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Didn't get to see the wood frogs breeding this spring, but I caught up with their eggs recently.

ImageUnderwater Eggscape: Wood Frog Eggs by Mike Benard, on Flickr

ImageUnderwater Eggscape: Wood Frog Eggs by Mike Benard, on Flickr
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Wow! That reminds me o the 1960s TV show "Fantastic Voyage", in which the crew and ship could be microscopically reduced at any scale to invade the smallest spaces, i.e., underwater Wood Frog egg clusters, each ovum of which is over 290 feet tall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLzXlCPx49U

"IN this episode, our heroes inspect a frog's egg mass to thwart incorporation of the deadly Batrachochytrium fungus"
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Thanks! Never saw that show but I think my kids would like it. Will have to check Netflix for full episodes!
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