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Stay Tuned - There Is
Much to be exposed --
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Richard Renda
Editor-at-Work
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On Every Page There Is
A Song. Wait. And adjust
... your volume.
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A Magazine Alive
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Editor-In-Chief:
Laurie S. Schechter
"World's First Vogue Style Editor"
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Totally Cool ®
The Magazine
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Editorial Music Credit:
Help From My Friends
Joe Cocker - Shared Vision
Polygram Records
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Section 1:
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The MagaZine
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outtakes and misc.
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-- ornated horned frog. The horns are the little triangles behind the eyes.
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Frogs with facial expression.
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ET Phone home.
- ribbet ribbet, ribbet ribbet -
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I'm just getting too old ... for
this ! Sitting around the museum looking at people. Can someone put The History Channel on -- |
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Chorus of Colors - Ribbet
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Ornate Horned frogs are "sit and wait predators."
Horned frogs have voracious appetites. But they are not built for chasing down prey. They bury themselves in leaves or loose soil then pounce on some small animals that happen to blunder by. When harassed by a human or other large animal these fearless frogs lunge and snap their huge jaws. Like little green bulldogs they bite and hang on until pried loose. This frog likes to eat lizards, birds, snakes, insects, mice, and other frogs. |
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Ribbet, ribbet --
Now this is where it gets really good. Talk about weird. Did you
see that creature up top ? And can you see the creatures just below ? Let us start up top. The "ornate horned frog." |
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At left is another really cool species. The
Vietnamese Mossy Frog. Can you see any of them ? There are three of the Mossy frogs there. Two by the stick - in between the rocks, and one below them -- center in between the other two. The Vietnamese Mossy Frog is native to North Vietnam. It is found in flooded caves and on the banks of mountain streams. Small masses of eggs are attached to rocks or vegetation just above the water. Metamorphosis may take over a year. Its main diet consists of eating insects. |
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Will someone remember when I grow up that I
too was a child once ? When you come back years later and look at this picture you will know the answer to that question was always: Yes. |
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images by Richard. Renda
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moments preserved by lensman Richard Renda
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The Mossy Frog --
can you see its right eye here and its little smile face ? |
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The Fire-bellied Toads found in China and Korea are also known as "Flashers." Fire-bellied toads use skin
color for protection. The skin on the toad's back is green and black, providing camouflage from above. |
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The Fire-bellied Toad when disturbed throws its legs into the air revealing a bright orange "fire-belly."
If flashing these bright colors does not scare away the predator, the toad has toxic skin secretions that make it an unplatable meal. |
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Frogs ... a chorus of Colors. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, June
through October 2004. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. And ... remembered here ... "Forever." We hope you enjoyed the Adventure as much as we did. Maybe you even learned a little something along the way that you did not know before. We would also like to take this Moment to thank everyone at the American Museum of Natural History for their kindness, consideration, cooperation, and profound dedication. "Thank you."
(This is what I learned. Just because it is very pretty does not mean it is not dangerous. Quite the
contrary. Pretty can also mean: "deadly." Richard david Renda --) |
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This is the Smooth-sided Toad
found in northern South America, known as the "Toothless Predator." Most frogs have short pointed teeth for gripping their prey. But "true toads", in the family Bufonidea, have no teeth at all. These bold predators catch their prey with their sticky tongues and swallow it alive. Some large toads eat anything they can fit in their mouth, including snakes and birds. |
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Frogs are some of the Earth's greatest natural Guardians. They warn of changes in the environment that can
become dangerous to everyday living. Here is one quote to remember, and ponder: "If you wait until the Frogs and Toads have croaked their last to take some action, you've missed the point" -- Kermit the Frog. |