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Captive male frog coughs up babies
Dante Fenolio A captive bred Darwin’s frog is held by a researcher shortly after it was coughed up from its dad’s vocal sac. Ten baby frogs were coughed up at a breeding facility in Chile on Thursday. By John Roach A captive male Darwin’s frog coughed up ten babies Thursday at a zoo in Santiago, Chile, a milestone in a project to save the amphibians from extinction. The vulnerable species is one of two members of the only genus on Earth that rears its young inside of its vocal sac, a job taken on by the males. “They have a small opening below their tongue. … After [the eggs] hatch, he…
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Vigil Remembering Tulsa Race Riots-90 Years Later
Reported by: Jamie Oberg Email: joberg@fox23.com May 31st – the anniversary of a sad day in Tulsa’s history; it’s the 90th anniversary of the race riots. After sixteen hours of attacks, hundreds were injured and nearly 10,000 people were left homeless. A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday night from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in downtown Tulsa. Fox23’s Jamie Oberg spoke with one local author who told the story of the Race Riots many had never heard. “Recognize it happened, don’t let it happen again.” As Tulsa remembers the Race Riots in the Greenwood District 90 years ago, author and native Tulsan Eddie Faye Gates remembers…