Nature is full of weird specimens. Animals have developed strange, almost supernatural, abilities to hunt and survive. For example, the star-nosed mole can smell underwater. There are species of ...

Photographs supposedly showing a frog with eyes on the inside of its mouth is frequently circulated on social media: We have not been able to source these images, which first went viral in late ...

Frogs that hear with their mouth: X-rays reveal a new hearing mechanism for animals without an ear Date: September 2, 2013 Source: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ...

Its tiny head is missing parts of its ears, which means it shouldn’t be able to hear anything. It can, though, and that is thanks to its big mouth. Small frog, small family.

image: This is an illustration how a Gardiner's frog can hear with its mouth: Top left: The skin of the animal reflects 99.9% of an incoming sound wave hiting the body close to the inner ear.

This illustration shows how a Gardiner's frog can hear with its mouth. Top left: the skin of the animal reflects 99.9 percent of an incoming sound wave, hitting the body close to the inner ear.

Researchers suggest that a frog's mouth is tuned to its own call. Sept. 4, 2013— -- The Gardiner's Seychelles frog, so tiny it fits easily on a fingernail, belts out high-pitched peeps every ...

The frog that hears with its MOUTH: Amphibian once thought to be deaf uses cavity as an amplifier. Gardiner’s frogs from the Seychelles islands are just 1cm long and can croak and hear each ...

Most sound (99.9 percent) bounces off the frog, but the mouth captures and amplifies key vibrations needed for the frogs to pick up on one another’s croaks.= R. Boistel/CNRS The tiny Gardiner ...

For example, they might keep the frog’s mouth open, or briefly fill it with moistened cotton balls to see if they can still hear. Reference: Boistel, Aubina, Cloeten, Peyrind, Scotti, Herzog ...

Tiny frog uses its mouth to hear. R. Boistel/CNRS. Sept. 3, ... A small frog native to the Republic of Seychelles lacks a conventional middle ear and eardrum to hear sounds made by other frogs, ...