Me and my brothers caught this while fishing back in the 80's my mom scanned in the newspaper clipping so I thought I would share it.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs893.ash1/180170_150689361651621_100001316751369_248911_4802893_n.jpg

Hope you didn't drink the water! :eek:
That's pretty cool though!

That's pretty cool :yes:. didja eat him? :D

Hahaha! Neat stuff!

nah we let him go where we found him

That is kinda cool.

Dan

That's a crazy find! Is that your pic in the article or your brother?

its my brother, who apparently was the first person to sport justin bieber hair??

its my brother, who apparently was the first person to sport justin bieber hair??

Hahaha!! I didn't even notice! What a trendsetter! He should've gotten a patent!

he does look like justin bieber.....and your bro is a cute kid

That's pretty cool. It would be interesting to see it swim.

all of the legs worked perfectly and it could obviously get around just fine or else it wouldn't have gotten that big. all of the legs worked independently from each other.
I have heard about a certain parasite that makes frogs grow extra legs but I'm not too sure if that's what happened to him.

Sweet extra legs lol.Thats a cool find :yes:

I would not think these legs were caused by the parasite. Usually those legs are randomly placed and underdeveloped and are not very mobile. This frog has to completed set of legs and I would say has to have two pelvises. Almost seems like a cases of a parasitic twin, but seeing that the legs are where they should be it would have to be ex-rayed to find out.

Dunno for sure but its super cool! :cheers:

Pretty cool.

I would not think these legs were caused by the parasite. Usually those legs are randomly placed and underdeveloped and are not very mobile. This frog has to completed set of legs and I would say has to have two pelvises. Almost seems like a cases of a parasitic twin, but seeing that the legs are where they should be it would have to be ex-rayed to find out.

Dunno for sure but its super cool! :cheers:

Originally I thought of all the pesticides used in the 80's that were seeping into stream and pond systems causing strange anomalies like this during metamorphic development, but you are right they are too perfect looking. Usually the extra sets of legs caused by developmental problems are highly deformed and nearly useless, but these seem to have been completely formed and are obviously not hindering the animal. Very interesting

newsworthy for sure !
thanx for postin',
ck