Frogs for all
American Museum of Natural History has an exhibition on frogs of the world, from the huge bullfrogs from Africa to the little, cute, poisonous frogs from South America: Frogs: A Chorus of Colors.
This exhibition has the purpose of educating the public about the marvel of frogs, their benefits and the fact that., as we humans destroy their environment, they disappear.
One fun fact that they do mention: The golden or yellow poison dart frog is used by the Embera natives in the Colombian Chocó to hunt. That little thing is the most venomous animal on earth! Move over, cobra!
And it is Colombian. Makes you think, no?
The other thing is that Colombia is also the country with the highest number of frog species in the world, a fact that very few people know. And as the country access to academic researchers is severely limited, we lack more knowledge on the species that are endemic to Colombia.
Frogs are also an indicator species, highly sensitive to their environment, and evidence of the effects of pollutants in our waterways.
Go check it out, and then we can go have dinner at a French restaurant.
Comments
One of my old Biology pals is one of the people working there; I was so happy to hear about it. I think I could go to New York and check this out.
Posted by: Bea | June 3, 2004 11:34 AM