Endangered Frog Dads Travel 7,000 Miles to 'Give Birth' and Save Their Species
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Quote:Endangered male frogs with an unconventional approach to child-rearing have 'given birth' to 33 tiny young in the UK as part of an urgent mission to rescue the species from a devastating fungal disease.
Southern Darwin's frog tadpoles grow up inside the vocal sacs of their fathers and are 'born' through their mouths as froglets.
The brooding dads made an incredible 7,000-mile journey by boat, plane, and car to London Zoo from their remote island off the southern coast of Chile.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyeg6r2771o

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I think it's amazing how far conservationists are willing to go to protect endangered species, especially with such an unusual approach like male frogs giving birth.
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Yeah, while it's sad that it was necessary to move these frogs so far in the first place, I am glad the conservationists did it!

Hopefully, it'll help to save the species in the long run, and nothing like this will happen again :) .
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