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Another laboratory model organism had been breed, which is the translucent frog created by Hiroshima University’s Institute for Amphibian Biology research team, lead by professor Masayuki Sumida.

The skin of this mutated frog allows researchers to see the internal organs without dissecting. The development of the frog reminds me of the creation of nude mouse by Rosalyn Yalow. Unlike the frog, nude mouse are immunologically dysfunction and more expensive.

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In remote region of Colombia, a small golden frog was discovered by a team of young scientists supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP). Until now no name is given to this frog but it is identified as dart frog which is highly poisonous. Beautiful things are harmful.

Don’t chop down all the trees in your country, who knows you may just destroy habitat for another unknown golden animals.

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