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[โ€“] Poogona@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I visited a lab where some of the last remaining dusky gopher frogs are cared for.

(reminder that frogs may be in what is considered the sixth mass extinction ever on earth)

[โ€“] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah check out my comment on the Santa Cruz salamander.

[โ€“] Poogona@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really feels like I picked a bad time to be interested in amphibians sometimes what-the-hell

Definitely jealous of getting to work with condors, sounds awesome.

[โ€“] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

They are so fuckin huge dude.

They have one of the largest wingspans of any bird. Like their wingspan is ~9.5 feet.