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Biology: Frog-toe clipping alternative
My advanced biology teacher wants to do a project with us where we will go out into the slough behind our high school and take a population count of the frogs there. He said the best way to mark the little guys is to clip one of their back toes off... I personally dont have a big problem with this as it appears to be the standard way to mark frogs for a population count, but a lot of the girls in the class didnt want to because it was inhumane to the frogs. the class came to a conclusion that we probably shouldnt be cutting the toes off of the frogs just for a class project.
Now the problem is that we have no idea how else we would mark the frogs... we thought of dental floss tied around one leg, or some kind of paint or marking them with a permanent marker. we dont want to hurt them any worse than cutting a toe off, so we're not really sure about the marker choice because that stuff is pretty toxic and frogs can absorb chemicals through their skin... and we dont want to change the frogs color because that could make them easier to catch by predators...
Are there any better ways to do this?
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There are no humane ways to mark a frog the permanant markers and spray paints have harsh unhealthy chemicals in them. PLEASE DONT INJURE AN INNOCENT ANIMAL FOR SCIENTIFIC REASONS....
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I don't know any mainly permanant ways to mark the frogs without some how hurting them or damaging them. A permanant marker sounds like a good option because it won't be too noticable for predators to see them. Dental floss can come easily undone. You could use nail polish to paint a part of them, like their back foot. Green spray paint could semi blend in while being noticable. You could get a color that matches them well and just chose a symbol to mark them with.
Good luck and thanks for trying to be as humane as possible to our wild life,
-Abby
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