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Did you know that some middle schoolers discovered deformed frogs in Henderson, Minnesota during a field trip in 1995?

One of the biologist that helped with the research was David Hoppe, a herpetologist at the University of Minnesota Morris!

UPDATE:
Studies offer new insights into causes of deformed frogs, By William Souder | Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 minnpost.com
William Souder is a Minnesota journalist and the author of "A Plague of Frogs." His most recent book, "Under a Wild Sky," was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
"Proposing parasites and predators as a general explanation for frog deformities is a kind of "biology gone wild scenario" says Lannoo, one that masks other possible causes and potentially serious environmental degradation. There are, Lannoo argues, thousands of frog species in the world, and broad conclusions based on what happens to one or two species in a handful of wetlands are "tenuous at best." Lannoo says it's important to remember that a host of chemicals — pesticides, hormone mimics, metals, PCBs — are known to cause developmental abnormalities in frogs, and lab studies of chemical exposure have produced frogs with deformities comparable to those in nature"

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