THE HORROR FROG

THE HAIRY FROG,IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE HORROR FROG OR WOLVERINE FROG. IT IS MOSTLY FOUND IN THE CENTRAL AFRICA. THE HORROR FROG HAS A CAT LIKE EXTENDABLE CLAWS, THEY BREAK THEIR OWN BONES TO PRODUCE CLAWS THAT PUNCTURE THEIR WAY OUT OF THE FROGS TOE PADS AND IT IS USED FOR FIGHTING PROBABLY WHEN IT IS THREATENED.

ANOTHER SPECIE OF FROGS WHICH POSSESS THIS TYPE OF ABILITY IS THE OTTON FROG, WHICH LIVES IN SOUTHERN JAPAN AND POSSESSES A RETRACTABLE SPIKE HIDDEN WITHIN A FALSE THUMB,
THE HAIRY FROG IS ABOUT 11CM LONG AND HAS HAIR-LIKE FEATURES ON ITS BODY. THIS 'HAIR' IS THOUGHT TO ESSENTIALLY FUNCTION LIKE GILLS.
THERE IS A SMALL BONY NODULE NESTLED IN THE TISSUE JUST BEYOND THE FROGS FINGERTIP. WHEN SHEATHED, EACH CLAW IS ANCHORED TO THE NODDLE WITH TOUGH STRANDS OF COLLAGEN, BUT, WHEN THE FROG IS GRABBED/ATTACKED, THE FROG BREAKS THE NODULE CONNECTION AND FORCES ITS SHARPENED BONES THROUGH THE SKIN. THIS IS PART OF THE DEFENCE BEHAVIOUR THIS ANIMAL POSSESS, IT IS NOT KNOWN CURRENTLY HOW THE BONES ARE RETRACTED BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A PASSIVE PROCESS. THE DAMAGED TISSUE THEN REGENERATES AFTER IT HAS COMPLETELY RETRACTED.

NB: THE OTTON AND THE HAIRY FROGS ARE ENDANGERED SPECIES AND MAY SOON GO INTO EXTINCTION MOSTLY DUE TO HABITAT LOSS AND DEFORESTATION

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