Frog Malformation - Mikaela Aganon

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Have you seen a frog that has more than four limbs? Or have you ever thought that it’s possible for a frog to grow more than four limbs? Well, it is happening the frogs that are there in the forest are growing more limps that the normal frog should have. This first happened in Minnesota. And the cause of this malformation is the pesticide they used to stop the growth of insect which is the Methoprene.

Have you heard this chemical? This chemical is not only used to stop the growth of mosquitoes, but it’s also used to kill fleas that your pet might have. Methoprene is not harmful to us or to our pets. The only living things that it can harm are the amphibians because they lived in bodies of water, where it is most commonly sprayed. We might be aware that amphibians like frog do lived in bodies of water and we can cause a great impact to the growth of these amphibians because they will come to a contact with this chemical.

"Insect masses like fireworks explode.

Dengue, Malaria, West Nile Virus:

Discomfort, despair will fill your abode.

This is what your life will be without us."

--Frog Poetry by Michael Dutton

 Many of us probably haven’t thought of this or are not worried that this might have a great impact to us. Most people don’t see the importance of these frogs because they seem useless in our environment. But according to a study frogs are important in the food web. Most frogs eat insects that are carrier of disease like malaria, which is fatal to us. Frogs are also a food source to other mammals in the forest.  Frogs are also used in many medical researches because of their skin secretion that might be able to refine our health.  If frog is important in our environment we should let them live like a normal frog should be, with four limps.  To help the frogs we can used these; Oil lemon Eucalyptus, Essential Oil, Picardie and Citronella spray, this are some of the alternatives that we can used to kill mosquitoes without damaging any other amphibians.