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The Ranitomeya Imitators
What if there was a frog you weren’t used to seeing in any creek or river you’ve ever visited? Well, there is a particular species of frog that has a Biologist and his colleagues in awe. Our journey takes place in the country of Peru in South America, where biologist, Kyle Summers has studied and fawned over a special species of frog. The Ranitomeya imitator. What exactly makes these frogs so special? The Ranitomeya imitator is not only a mimic to other toxic frogs, such as themselves, but the only known frog to be monogamous. Though these frogs are very small in size and beautiful in vibrant black and yellow, they still remain to be very dangerous to other animals. Their mimicry has gone as far as to match other frogs so predators will only

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