New on Nat Geo Weird & Wild: Hitchhiking Frogs

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Researchers report that water buffaloes in the wetlands of northern Turkey are harboring strange hitchhikers all over their bodies — tiny frogs.In autumn, when domesticated Anatolian water buffaloes are released from their pastures to wallow in the marshes, they collect a menagerie of marsh frogs. The frogs appear to be using the buffaloes’ shaggy fur as a hunting ground for flies.Read more about this strange relationship at National Geographic Weird & Wild news: Frogs Hitch Ride on Water Buffalo - Never Before Seen.

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