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One person wrote:
About a month ago, I noticed the Green Tree Frogs living around our home showing signs of lethargy & ill health. I was devastated to find about 7 of them dead.
Another wrote:
We previously had a very healthy population of green tree frogs and a couple of months ago I noticed a frog that had turned brown. I then noticed more of them and have found numerous dead frogs around our property.
And another said she’d seen so many dead frogs on her daily runs she had to “seriously wonder how many more are there”.
So what’s going on? The short answer is: we don’t really know. How many frogs have died and why is a mystery, and we’re relying on people across Australia to help us solve it.
But many of Australiaâs frog populations are imperilled from multiple, compounding threats, such as habitat loss and modification, climate change, invasive plants, animals and diseases.
Rheobatrachus silus and
Taudactylus acutirostris) and the southern day frog (
Taudactylus diurnus).
The stony creek frog is one of the species hit by this mysterious outbreak. Photograph: Peter Yeeles/Alamy
Itâs usually rare to see a dead frog
In most circumstances, itâs rare to see a dead frog. Most frogs are secretive in nature and, when they die, they decompose rapidly. So the growing reports of dead and dying frogs from across eastern Australia over the last few months are surprising, to say the least.
So far, Ramil appears to be doing well, the statement said, with just the cough and runny nose as symptoms. Veterinarians assume the animals that share his habitat - a female snow leopard and two Amur leopards - have also been exposed, so all are being quarantined. Their exhibit is closed to visitors until further notice.
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In 2017, veterinarians removed his left eye due to a chronic condition he already had when he arrived at the zoo. Ramil had not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19. Staff began administering doses of an experimental vaccine made specifically for animals in March, after an asymptomatic keeper wearing protective gear unknowingly spread the virus to the zoo s gorilla troop.
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