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One Froggy Evening

One Froggy Evening <h5>To the Editor:</h5> One of the greatest cartoons that Warner Brothers ever produced was “One Froggy Evening,” a Chuck Jones masterpiece of 1955. It has had such an impact that even today the frog from that cartoon is still the logo of the Warner Brothers TV Channel. Although “One Froggy Evening” has always been good press for frogs (Fig. 1 ), the frogs themselves are not faring so well in the wild (Fig. 2 ). I have addressed the decline in frog populations and the increase in frog malformations with a comparison of frog and human health in a recent article and accompanying editorial [Cohen, 2001a , b ]. This is a particularly important topic because frogs act as heralds for perturbations in the environment. 1 “Singing” peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ). Courtesy of J.B. Grant, Ithaca, New York. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com .] 2 Automobile “road kill” of female peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ). Note scattering of eggs. Courtesy of M.A. Schlaepfer, Ithaca, New York. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com. ] This letter discusses five recent problems not http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
1552-4825
eISSN
1552-4833
DOI
10.1002/ajmg.a.10887
pmid
12605451
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Abstract

<h5>To the Editor:</h5> One of the greatest cartoons that Warner Brothers ever produced was “One Froggy Evening,” a Chuck Jones masterpiece of 1955. It has had such an impact that even today the frog from that cartoon is still the logo of the Warner Brothers TV Channel. Although “One Froggy Evening” has always been good press for frogs (Fig. 1 ), the frogs themselves are not faring so well in the wild (Fig. 2 ). I have addressed the decline in frog populations and the increase in frog malformations with a comparison of frog and human health in a recent article and accompanying editorial [Cohen, 2001a , b ]. This is a particularly important topic because frogs act as heralds for perturbations in the environment. 1 “Singing” peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ). Courtesy of J.B. Grant, Ithaca, New York. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com .] 2 Automobile “road kill” of female peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ). Note scattering of eggs. Courtesy of M.A. Schlaepfer, Ithaca, New York. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com. ] This letter discusses five recent problems not

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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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