3-Headed frog found in Britain

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-03-05 07:30pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3534361.stm

I didn't quote the article because you NEED to see the picture.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-03-05 07:35pm

that's. . . .just. . . .bizarre. it almost looks as though it could have been photoshopped though. at least that was my first impression.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-03-05 07:38pm

Wow. It's like a Budweiser commercial gone horribly wrong.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-03-05 07:46pm

I see the Elder Gods have pushed one of the many through the...

Ummmm...look it's skippy.

Seriously that is one fucked up something...looks seriously like three frogs merged.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-03-05 07:50pm

ATTACK OF THE THREE-HEADED FROGS!

*runs for cover*

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2004-03-05 08:04pm

Looks like some just got three frogs and welded them together. Very curious

Korvan · Post by **Korvan** » 2004-03-05 08:04pm

Considering that it looks more or less full grown, it appears that it has been successful in obtaining food and avoiding predation. I wonder how it coordinates its movements / actions.

"Ooh, a fly, I want to eat it."
"No let's be nice to it."

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-03-05 08:17pm

Coolness. I remember a good 8 years or more ago there were reports and pictures of a two-headed snake and a 3-headed tortioise too. The tortoise had 2 heads poking out of it's shell and the third one inside the shell. IIRC it had 6 legs too.

The wonders of hox genes.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-03-05 08:18pm

Well, BBC is generally reputable... but I have to agree on this, it does look very photoshopped. Still, two-headed animals are not unknown (i've seen several pictures of two-headed snakes, and even a real one preserved in wax), so I would say that it's a distinct possiblity... although the third head (the big one furthest back) looks like it's just eye and nostrils? Still, I would have to say, don't be too hasty to disregard it... there IS the possiblity that it's real!

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-03-05 08:19pm

Reminds me of the knight from Holy Grail.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-03-05 08:22pm

i just looked again... is it just my eyes or is there a THIRD leg????

Dorsk 81 · Post by **Dorsk 81** » 2004-03-05 08:39pm

Amphibians are very geneticallly fluid. I dont' dispute that the growth of three seperate heads and brains is possible.

*shrugs* mutations happen.

-edit ^^ that was IB --

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-03-05 09:05pm

Strange. I've seen and touched a two-headed frog once, but one with three heads? Woah.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-03-05 09:27pm

Elheru Aran wrote:i just looked again... is it just my eyes or is there a THIRD leg????

It has six legs. The article says so, or did you just look at the picture?

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-03-05 09:36pm

woops... my bad... still, all i could see was three, maybe four-- i guess the rest were under it?

Idea-- maybe this is some kind of Siamese twin? If it has six legs, that's two too many... i figure as an embryo, the three didn't quite separate right? they would've been genetically identical otherwise, basically just frog triplets... am i correct?

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-03-05 09:37pm

Addendum: I looked again and you're right. Sorry...

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-03-05 09:37pm

Sometimes humans come with two heads too. It's called Dicephalus.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-03-06 04:08am

What The Frog?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-06 04:24am

Elheru Aran wrote:i just looked again... is it just my eyes or is there a THIRD leg????

Three? Ha. Try seven or eight legs.

I've seen pics of frogs like that. But this is the first time for one with three HEADS.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-03-06 04:46am

The article's title wrote:'Warning' over three-headed frog

The article wrote:The creature - which has six legs - has stunned BBC wildlife experts who warned it could be an early warning of environmental problems.

Eh? What environmental problems? What warning? *rereads the article* What the fuck? Did the writer just throw that in there to sound cool? He didn't even quote anyone about it!

Oh and freaky picture too. It really does look like three frogs are huddling together.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-06 04:53am

Stofsk wrote:Eh? What environmental problems? What warning? *rereads the article* What the fuck? Did the writer just throw that in there to sound cool? He didn't even quote anyone about it!

He probably didn't explain it cause the problem's an old one and everyone's known about it for years.

Stuff like pesticides and all that bad stuff get into the rivers, cause mutations, etc, etc, yaddaya-da.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-03-06 04:55am

It says that the experts warned that. Besides, I thought it was common knowledge that when there are environmental problems, that fucked up frogs can be a sign of that.

What I wonder though, is if two of the frogs have sex, would that be sex, or masturbation.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-03-06 05:07am

My first thought was that somehow three eggs "melted" together.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-03-06 06:18am

Elheru Aran wrote:Idea-- maybe this is some kind of Siamese twin? If it has six legs, that's two too many... i figure as an embryo, the three didn't quite separate right? they would've been genetically identical otherwise, basically just frog triplets... am i correct?

Were it a siamese triplet frog, it would more likely have twelve legs.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-06 06:48am

I await the day when we see a frog with seven heads and 36 legs, along with eyes dotting parts of its body.