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These extinct frogs used to barf up their babies—and now scientists are trying to bring them back from the dead. Happy Mother’s Day!
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Inhibition of Gastric Acid Secretion in the Gastric Brooding Frog, Rheobatrachus silus:
http://bit.ly/2pe4hW0

Not Exactly Rocket Science, National Geographic: Resurrecting the Extinct Frog with a Stomach for a Womb: http://bit.ly/2pdSZRS

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