Endangered Lantau toads show genetic and call differences that could signal an emerging species : ecosocial@news.abolish.capital

Endangered Lantau toads show genetic and call differences that could signal an emerging species (phys.org)

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The short-legged horned toad (Boulenophrys brachykolos), listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, is the only known small frog species in Hong Kong belonging to the genus Boulenophrys of the family Megophryidae.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Whoa, neat!

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[–] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They don’t call it neature for nothing

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[–] NanoBookReview@zirk.us 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

@Trying2KnowMyself @just_another_person How neat is that?

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[–] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago

Pretty neat!

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[–] msfroh@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 weeks ago

I would just like to call out that the distinguishing properties of this (possibly) emerging species are emergent properties.

As a former worker at a big tech company filled with morons who thought that "emergent" was a synonym for "emergency", it delights me when the word can be used correctly.