Thread by @ClimateBen

You do realise that they're wiping out all the frogs now, don't you?

1. Frog experiments have spread a deadly fungus.

2. Climate breakdown accelerating too fast for frogs to survive.

3. Frogs vanishing in 6th mass extinction.

It's simply a Global Extermination of amphibians.

A deadly fungus, Batrachocytrium dendrobatidis, 'has been known to decimate entire populations of frogs' . Humans bring it wherever they encounter frogs — 'either accidentally, or when we take them in as pets, use them as food or in laboratory experiments.'animals.howstuffworks.com/endangered-spe…

Catastrophic and ongoing destruction of amphibians around the world:

'Globalization has opened a Pandora’s box of invasive species and diseases, and climate change is adding further stress.'

earther.gizmodo.com/alarming-study…

According to two Canadian experts, the fungus is "one more nail in the coffin for the state of amphibians globally".

Habitat loss, exploitation and climate change are still the main threat for thousands of species: bbc.com/news/science-e…

Amphibians’ permeable skin and complex water-and-land life cycle expose them to more environmental changes than most animals, and though they have survived climate changes before, today's changes are accelerating too rapidly for frogs to keep pace.livescience.com/32440-why-are-…

During the great extinctions of the dinosaurs in the Pleistocene, amphibians made it through with no appreciable effect.
So they’re not the most delicate creatures in the world. But the world has gotten so bad now that even the amphibians can’t tolerate it.vox.com/science-and-he…