The frogs Malcolm refers to are the Dart frogs - locally we have Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs that do just that - carry a tadpole on their back to a bromeliad, deposit it in the collection of water and then visit periodically, laying an egg to feed the tadpole. Charlotte Foale
Charlotte Foale Station Manager Cano Palma Biological Station 001-506-2709-8052 www.coterc.org www.facebook.com/coterc On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Malcolm McCallum < [email protected]> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqmtK6IN4xI > > Somewhere around the 15 min mark you can see our work on slimy salamanders > in a mine in Arkansas. Really good stuff done by David Attenborough and > the BBC for a program called Life In Cold Blood. There are a few other > clips of other folks research that is relevant too. There is also really > good footage of Caecillians with their young that almost anyone will find > fascinating to horrific! There might have been some stuff on frogs in the > tropics laying an egg to feed the one tadpole too. Check it out, > > Malcolm > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Ally Harari > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear ecologists. >> >> >> >> I was asked to present a popular science talk to my community ( a kibbutz >> with 200 people from the age of 8 to 90) and I thought of parental care in >> the animal Kingdome. My research studies are mating systems and evolution >> of sociality and my knowledge in parental care is somewhat not accurate. I >> plan an evolutionary adaptive lecture that will be escorted by short (>3 >> min) movies. I thought to go along the evolutionary line – starting from >> external fertilization, to egg ovipositing with no care, going to some care >> as back carrying as in water bugs or spiders, to more complicated care as >> mouth feeding, mouth brooding, pocket rearing, and baby sittings (lions or >> ostriches). Can you suggest good but short movies on the subject, special >> examples that I may have missed? >> >> >> >> Thanks a lot >> >> >> >> Ally Harari >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dr. Ally Harari >> >> Department of Entomology >> >> The Volcani Center >> >> Bet Dagan 50250. Israel >> >> & >> >> Department of Life Sciences >> >> Ben Gurion University of the Negev >> >> Beer Sheva, 84105 Israel >> >> >> >> TL Office: 972 39683910 >> >> Cellular: 972 506220710 >> >> Fax: 972 39683445 >> >> e-mail: [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> http://www.agri.gov.il/en/people/755.aspx >> >> http://www.agri.gov.il/download/files/machon%20vulkani-en-web_1.pdf >> >> http://www.isees.org.il/DefaultEng.aspx >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> This mail was sent via Mail-SeCure System. >> > > > > -- > Malcolm L. McCallum > Department of Environmental Studies > University of Illinois at Springfield > > Managing Editor, > Herpetological Conservation and Biology > > “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array > of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a > many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers > alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as > Americans.” > -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 > into law. > > "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - > Allan Nation > > 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert > 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, > and pollution. > 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction > MAY help restore populations. > 2022: Soylent Green is People! > > The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) > Wealth w/o work > Pleasure w/o conscience > Knowledge w/o character > Commerce w/o morality > Science w/o humanity > Worship w/o sacrifice > Politics w/o principle > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. >
