Frogs Are Being Eaten To Extinction, Experts Say
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 19:21
in Biology & Nature
The global trade in frog legs for human consumption is threatening their extinction, according to a new study. The researchers say the global pattern of harvesting and decline of wild populations of frogs appears to be following the same path set by overexploitation of the seas and subsequent "chain reaction" of fisheries collapses around the world.
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