蓝色蛙很特别,一只可以毒死10个人
据英国《每日邮报》6月17日报道,英国一所大学近期成功培育稀有蓝毒箭蛙(The blue poison dart frog)。据悉,该蛙类有剧毒,其毒性可杀死10个成年人。
英国尔福特北斯罗普郡学院(Walford and North Shropshire College)大学获赠一对蓝毒箭蛙,四名专家反复对其活环境以及习性进行调查,不断改进蛙卵培育方式。为模仿其自然生长环境,专家们保证蛙卵所在水温为27摄氏度,并用紫外线对其进行照射,历经12星期,培育出第一只蓝毒箭幼蛙,其已可以在干燥处活动,且完成进化。
蓝毒箭蛙属稀有物种且面临生存危机,多栖息在哥斯达黎加(Costa Rica)及巴西的热带雨林。蓝毒箭蛙身长2.5厘米,据信,其只有在食用过有毒植物或者昆虫后才会具有毒性。(实习编译:何羽巽)
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英国《每日邮报》相关报道(英文)
Whatever you do, don't kiss it! Scientists successfully breed tiny blue frog that's so poisonous it can kill TEN men
The blue poison dart frog is naturally found in Costa Rica and Brazil
But it is under threat in South America, where habitat is being destroyed
Now experts at Walford and North Shropshire College have successfully bred one of the deadly amphibians in their lab
原文链接:http://www.bioku.net/archives/3702
英国尔福特北斯罗普郡学院(Walford and North Shropshire College)大学获赠一对蓝毒箭蛙,四名专家反复对其活环境以及习性进行调查,不断改进蛙卵培育方式。为模仿其自然生长环境,专家们保证蛙卵所在水温为27摄氏度,并用紫外线对其进行照射,历经12星期,培育出第一只蓝毒箭幼蛙,其已可以在干燥处活动,且完成进化。
蓝毒箭蛙属稀有物种且面临生存危机,多栖息在哥斯达黎加(Costa Rica)及巴西的热带雨林。蓝毒箭蛙身长2.5厘米,据信,其只有在食用过有毒植物或者昆虫后才会具有毒性。(实习编译:何羽巽)
更多阅读
英国《每日邮报》相关报道(英文)
Whatever you do, don't kiss it! Scientists successfully breed tiny blue frog that's so poisonous it can kill TEN men
The blue poison dart frog is naturally found in Costa Rica and Brazil
But it is under threat in South America, where habitat is being destroyed
Now experts at Walford and North Shropshire College have successfully bred one of the deadly amphibians in their lab
原文链接:http://www.bioku.net/archives/3702