WTFs Used to Identify Pathology of Chytrid
A paper published in Science this week established exactly how Chytrid fungus is killing frogs. The study was performed using L. caerulea.
It seems the fungus doesn't actually eat the frog or poison it... it just causes an electrolyte imbalance that kills it by causing its heart to stop.
Anyways, just another way in which Dumpys are helping scientist understand frog decline.
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