Well Isn't that Strange?

[ambrosiam]

So I was doing some research online for why the frog species Xenopus laevis was a model organism and I found this little gem:

"Xenopus laevis was to be the saviour of the egg-starved scientists, but it rose to prominence for another reason altogether. In the 1930s, it was discovered that a female Xenopus would ovulate if injected with the urine from

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[supp_lisa]

I love how Dave feels the need to point out just how ugly xenopus is when he introduces it as a model organism, hahaha. Also, did you know that it is immune the terrible frog-attacking fungus that has wiped out so many other frog populations? Crazy