Photo depicts work being done as part of a survey of under the Mountain Chicken Project. The aim of the project is to conserve the frogs, known locally as ‘Crapaud,’ and do field research on Chytrid fungus that almost wiped out the species on the island.
Photo by Dan Nicholson
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i want to come back eating them things they go for your back do that fast
Good job!
So DNO tell us who is in the pics and designation…good initiative.
ADMIN: We publish Photo of the Day as sent to us by contributors. NO description was given of who are in the pics and their designation.
Hello Peaceful,
The person holding the frog is Daniel Nicholson, a ZSL London Zoo volunteer on the Dominica Mountain Chicken Project and the person swabbing the frog is Josh Baron, Assistant Amphibian Tech with Forestry Division.
The location of where the frogs are found is disclosed to prevent illegal hunting of frogs.
For more info. check out the Dominican Mountain Chicken Page on Facebook
Hey Josh. If you guys want crickets we have a lot at the college Agri spot.
allu like too much info on things that are not important. its just a pic of the day..go ask questions of relevance elsewhere.
Right? Is bef they like. That’s why dno does do nonesense like showing people dead corpses online. Because of people like that. No consideration for the family members. Is know they want to know. Gossip they like.