Frog dozes in mud for years without food, water

[jojackson]

Research reveals how the frog and other 'super-sleeper' animals do it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31612284/ns/technology_and_science-science/

This burrowing frog (Cyclorana alboguttata) maximizes energy use to survive in a state of torpor for months or even years.
Sara M. Kayes

 

[kinyonga]

Aborigines use waterholding frogs (genus Cyclorana) as a water source during drought; they dig in dried-up ponds until they find them, then squeeze the bladder-stored water out into their mouths. I wonder how the frog survives after...and I'm not sure I want to know how the water tastes.

 

[jojackson]

LOl, I dont think they survive after, aboriginies have to eat too ya know!
Have you ever been in the outback in summer? When your facing death from dehydration, I dont think taste comes into the equation.

 

[kinyonga]

I realize that the taste might not matter at times!

So...they eat the frogs after they "milk" them??

Where do you live that you're up at this time?

 

[jojackson]

Australia 640 pm here.

Sure, there isnt much they catch that they dont eat, very resourcful people. It all goes on the fire or in the coals, nothing is wasted.
Images of Aboriginal women carrying several adult long neck turtles by the neck, destined for dinner, still haunt me! Im a turtle keeper too.

 

[kinyonga]

5:15 AM here right now.
I saw a film about a guy who went with some of the aborigines collecting food...it was interesting...but I felt for some of the critters they were eating. (I know, I know...that's survival/nature...good thing I don't have to kill a cow to eat beef.)

 

[Pure]

I think every one should at one time or another kill for food, at least once. It gives you a better understanding of the process and more respect/appreciation for that T-Bone. They don't grow up in those nice neat packages at the grocery store.

How these frogs live is really neat. Kinda shows how strong the will to survive is to cause an evolutionary adaptation like this.