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‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by anzo@programming.dev to c/technology

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Scientists created refuges for the animals using painted masonry bricks inside greenhouses that they called “frog saunas”. They found that endangered Australian green and golden bell frogs were able to clear infections from the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, in the warmer conditions of the greenhouses, when they would otherwise have died. Many of the frogs that recovered in the refuges were then resistant to infection.

Doesn't sound like something that can just be dropped outside and the frogs use.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

No ☹ When they said they chose that species because "they favoured the bricks as a habitat", I thought the frogs might just get in on their own and feel better, but that researcher then goes on to talk about bringing frogs into captivity.