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this is one of the rarest gifts I've
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ever received in my life this is a glass
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frog it's from Central or South America
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not sure which one and it's absolutely
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beautiful look at this thing it's got
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like a little see-through belly like
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look at this thing you can see its
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heartbeating you can see its digestive
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system working this is insane their
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bodies are basically like a window into
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the inner workings of a frog if they're
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on leaves that are the same color as
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their back then their see-through unders
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sides help hide their outlines from
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predators another theory is that it has
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something to do with their metabolism
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their transparent skin allows them to
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absorb oxygen through their unders sides
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which helps them breathe while they're
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finally some scientists believe that the
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transparent skin is actually a defense
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mechanism when a predator tries to eat
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them the frog can basically turn inside
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out and its organs spill out of its
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mouth which would be pretty gross for
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the predator and maybe even poisonous
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their see-through unders sides are a
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result of their transparent skin and the
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lack of pigmentation on their bellies
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this allows us to see the organs beneath
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the skin such as the heart the lungs and
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the digestive system and when I tilt it
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I can see all of its organs it's a fun
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fact about glass frogs their skin is so
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transparent that you can literally see
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their organs glass frogs are small like
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2 in in length and they're known for
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their see-through unders sides are blue
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some are red yellow even black they're
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found throughout Central and South
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America and there are over 170 different
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species now why do they have this
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transparent skin well there are a couple
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theories out there one is that it helps
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them camouflage i don't know why but I
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imagine poison dart frogs were always
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green but they come in all different
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shapes sizes and colors these little
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guys are pretty unique but they're also
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pretty endangered their habitats are
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being destroyed by humans and that's
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putting them in danger so we need to do
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our part to protect them one way we can
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do this is by supporting organizations
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that are working to save their habitats
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we can also educate ourselves and others
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about the importance of protecting these
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frogs and their habitats by learning
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more about poison dart frogs and the
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threats they face we can better
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understand the steps that we need to
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take to protect them so what should we
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talk about next please let me know in
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