Joel Kontinen
Named after an ancient Canaanite god, an extinct frog that lived in Madagascar could probably bite so hard that small dinosaurs were in danger of ending up on its menu.
'Bite force research reveals dinosaur-eating frog' was the title of a recent article in Science Daily.
The article is a report on research published in the journal Scientific Reports on how hard modern South American horned frogs could bite.
The study authors assume that the frog Beelzebufo lived some “68 million years” ago and resembled modern South American horned frogs in many ways.
They propose that it could have had a bite force of almost 2200 Newtons (N), which is roughly the same as that of wolves or tigresses.
Frogs have amazing design features and they confirm the after its kind principle introduced in the Book of Genesis.
The study shows that frogs, whether big or small, are frogs, and at least some frogs haven’t yet had the time to turn into princes.
Dinosaurs were supposed to rule during the Cretaceous Era, but research suggests that modern mammals and modern birds were also living at that time.
Source:
University of Adelaide. 2017. Bite force research reveals dinosaur-eating frog. Science Daily. (20 September).
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