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Freaks of nature: water holding frogs

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What's one thing that every living creature on earth needs?
Water.
We know that frogs require a wet environment in order to survive. However, there's a species of frog that inhabits areas with only a few months of rainfall each year? Meet the Litoria platycephala -- a frog species withsome pretty cool ways in which they overcome the limitations of the harsh Australian environment.

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National Geographic
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Stephanie Parsons