FROGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF ANY ECOSYSTEM

The above image is courtesy of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project.safethefrogs.com

Did you know that frogs produce a wide array of skin secretions, many of which have significant potential to improve human health through their use as pharmaceuticals.

Approximately 10% of Nobel Prizes in Physiology and Medicine have resulted from investigations that used frogs.

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If frogs secretion contains the secret to destroy the HIV virus, why aren't the government imposing a high alert against destroying "White Tree Frogs" habitat? Will you join me in starting a global campaign to save all frogs? Reminder: Click on the blue color words to gather more infomation.

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"We need to protect these species long enough for us to understand their medicinal cabinet. Frogs have specialized granular glands in the skin that produce and store packets of peptides. In response to skin injury or alarm, the frog secretes large amounts of these antimicrobial peptides onto the surface of the skin to combat pathogens like bacteria, fungi and viruses.

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Well, so scientist have identified antivirus for HIV. But, human development and the need for wood of trees along with modern business and homes worldwide continue to destroy the habitat of frogs that secretes an antivirus to keep us alive from a fatal decease. There is something wrong with this BIG PICTURE!

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