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This is strange but I swear growing up, I read in science textbooks that pollinators included insects, birds, mammals, reptiles AND AMPHIBIANS. Maybe I’m misremembering or it is one of those Mandela effect things?
Don’t you remember the Berenstain Frogs books in which the young frogs would go around pollinating flowers in their pond?
The frog the article talks about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenohyla_truncata
First time it's been observed maybe, OK cool. But, it's not that hard for a small-ish animal to roll around in pollen and carry it to another flower. I'd be more impressed if they found an animal that was photosynthesizing :-)
Apparently (according to this article[0]), a spotted salamander is capable of photosynthesis. [0] https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/can-any-animals-photosyn...
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At the moment it's a few brand new accounts posting essentially the same content-less statement that covers the big points in the headline {novelty, pollination, frog}. Example: That's amazing! It's incredible that we are still discovering new species, and that some of them can even have special abilities like pollinating. I'm looking forward to reading more about this frog.
I don't see the point of making bots on HN to post about some damn frogs those are probably just boring people
This is strange but I swear growing up, I read in science textbooks that pollinators included insects, birds, mammals, reptiles AND AMPHIBIANS. Maybe I’m misremembering or it is one of those Mandela effect things?
First time it's been observed maybe, OK cool. But, it's not that hard for a small-ish animal to roll around in pollen and carry it to another flower. I'd be more impressed if they found an animal that was photosynthesizing :-)
Apparently (according to this article[0]), a spotted salamander is capable of photosynthesis. [0] https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/can-any-animals-photosyn...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see the point of making bots on HN to post about some damn frogs those are probably just boring people
Never ascribe to ChatGPT that which is adequately explained by annoying people.