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Species

Flying Frog

Species

Macken Murphy

Anthropology, Social Sciences, Species, Science, Animals, Nature

4.8606 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Today we are talking about Wallace's flying frog. You'll learn about how and why they fly, how and why Franz Reichelt didn't, and discover the bizarre way this animal reproduces, all on this episode of Species. 

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0:00.0

If you put flying before the name of any animal that doesn't normally fly,

0:06.6

you'll make that animal a thousand times more exciting.

0:11.4

Though I personally think that they're interesting anyway, squirrels are hard to get people excited about.

0:17.7

Flying squirrels, on the other hand, have the ability to hold our attention indefinitely.

0:24.9

Fish are interesting to some individuals, probably most of you, but flying fish are interesting

0:31.9

even to people who find animals boring. Snakes are pretty polarizing animals.

0:39.3

You either love them or you have nightmares about them.

0:42.3

Flying snakes will receive more love from the former,

0:47.3

and for the latter individuals, they will make your nightmares all the more vivid.

0:53.3

If you haven't heard of flying snakes, you can actually search our They will make your nightmares all the more vivid.

0:59.5

If you haven't heard of flying snakes, you can actually search our episode on them.

1:04.5

It was one of our first ones before this show had any financial support, so forgive the quality.

1:06.8

The information in there is still good.

1:13.2

Today, however, we are going to talk about a different species of flying animal that you probably haven't heard of. Wallace's Flying Frog. Rancophorus Niagara Palmatis. I'm Mackin. This is

1:24.1

species.

1:31.3

Welcome to the show. This animal actually lives in the same region as the flying snake I mentioned in Borneo and Malaysia.

1:38.3

Flying lizards live there too. I have no idea what's in the water there. I can only assume that there is just an outsized benefit to gliding in that environment.

1:48.0

Anyway, if you like this show, please send it to someone who likes animals.

1:52.0

I just started asking you guys to do this regularly, and we've seen a remarkable uptick in listeners.

1:59.0

So you guys are really helping. I mean, if everyone listening

2:03.6

to this just texted the link to a few people, it would be crazy. So send a link to some friends.

2:09.9

It takes a few seconds, and it's a huge help to us. Thank you to all the people who have shared

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