Endangered Miss. frogs get a break in the weather
October 11th, 2008 By JANET McCONNAUGHEY , Associated Press Writer
Two gopher frogs are shown at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. For the first time in 10 years, a pond in south Mississippi got enough rain this year to let gopher frogs, one of the nation's most endangered animals, turn from tadpole to frog without human help. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
(AP) -- Pick up a Mississippi gopher frog and it covers its eyes with its forefeet, like someone afraid to see what's coming next. And for at least a decade, it's had a good reason not to look.
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