Re: [vernalpool] Frog compatibility

On the other hand, maybe the ones with "faulty" genes are also easier
for the green frogs to catch, taking the pressure off the "smart"
sals. That's what all those eggs are for--safety in numbers.

Carol Milligan

On Mar 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Tim Wacker wrote:

> Can an outsider chime in here. It seems to me the prospect that
> evolution will drive frogs to avoid laying eggs in doomed reservoirs
> is the same as evolution producing a squirrel that avoids car tires.
> Ain't happening. You're right to move the eggs. These species need
> all the help they can get.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Susan Westra
> To: vernalpool@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 10:30 AM
> Subject: RE: [vernalpool] Frog compatibility
>
> Very interesting and informative Q and A.
> Thanks
>
> > To: vernalpool@yahoogroups.com
> > From: mattburne@gmail.com
> > Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:12:42 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [vernalpool] Frog compatibility
> >
> > Well, you're probably feeding a lot of green frogs. The bigger
> > philosophical question is whether you're helping inferior genes
> (those that
> > are involved in choosing that rut) persist in the local population
> of wood
> > frogs and salamanders. By-and-large, I've always taken the
> approach of
> > letting nature do its thing, and if individuals make bad
> decisions, then
> > they lose. Though I've certainly be guilty of "rescuing" an egg
> mass or two
> > over the years.
> >
> > Matt Burne
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:30 PM, uncledj66@ymail.com <dforbes@antioch.edu
> >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > For a few years my sons & I have found wood frog & salamander
> eggs in deep
> > > water-filled ruts in a nearby dirt road. Often egg masses are
> splashed
> > > completely out of the ruts onto the ground. We have rescued some
> of these
> > > eggs before, hatched them, and released the larvae into an old
> farm pool
> > > near our house. It seems like an ideal spot, an there are even a
> few local
> > > spotted salamanders that breed in the pool every spring.
> However, it is also
> > > inhabited by a healthy population of green frogs. I have only
> seen a few
> > > 'native' salamander larvae in the pool, and I wonder if by
> introducing more
> > > I am only feeding the greens.
> > > Anyone have any suggestions?
> > > ~Doug
> > >
> > >
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