Not Too Big, not Too Small -- Tree Frogs Choose Pools that Are Just Right (IMAGE)

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Not Too Big, not Too Small -- Tree Frogs Choose Pools that Are Just Right

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Frogs that raise their young in tiny pools of water that collect on plant leaves must make a delicate trade-off between the risk of drying out and the risk of being eaten, according to a study publishing December 5 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mirco Solé from the Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz in Bahia, Brazil and colleagues.

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Mirco Solé, 2018

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