African Frogs Threaten San Francisco Area

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SAN FRANCISCO - California biologists are alarmed over the latest invasive species to take up residence in this city: African clawed frogs, which eat just about anything and tend to breed like crazy.



Even worse, they're kind of cute — and thus more likely to be whisked away by children and dumped into other ponds, where they spread even more.


"They are a threat," said Dr. David Wake, an emeritus professor of integrative biology at the University of California-Berkeley. "They change the environment quite profoundly."


Native to Kenya, the frogs are able to live under ice, in the ground and in salty water. They alter ecosystems by gobbling up insects, fish, lizards and even birds that fit into their large, tongueless mouths. They also burrow into the ground to survive dry conditions and prey on the state's endangered red-legged frog.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=3&u=/ap/20040510/ap_on_sc/invasive_frogs

[skooooo]

1. Let's declare war on Africa!!

Oh, we already did....

[Spinzonner]

2. Its hard to resist

the thought of sending them to France

but I think Texas and Florida would have more important and immediate political ramification.

[ima_sinnic]

3. and why, exactly, would we want to send them to France? nt

[Spinzonner]

4. Dinner