Scientists find ‘Devil Toad’ fossil
WHO: The discovery, led by paleontologist David Krause at New York's Stony Brook University, was published Monday by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
WHAT: Scientists found a frog the size of a bowling bowl which weighs 10 pounds and is 16 inches long.
WHERE: In Washington. The bones found in Madagascar.
WHEN: On Monday February 18, 2008
WHY: The paleontologists found the frog for a research. That "Devil Toad" is known to have heavy armor and teeth. It lived among the dinosaurs millions of years ago. The scientists, say that it could have taken down some hatching dinosaurs. The name Beelzebub means devil in the Greek language. The continents drifted apart show what is now Madagascar would have been long separated by ocean from South America during Beelzebufo's time. And frogs can't survive long in salt water, it is bad for them.
My Opinion: It is cool on how they found this frog. It is so big and looks weird but it is from so long back so that is good. Now we know what frogs or toads ate during the dinosaur era. I liked this article because there was a lot of information to learn about how those frogs lived there and how they survived in Madagascar.
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