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Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2024 06:22:38 JST Sally Strange

Frog saunas.
Let that be your phrase of the day.

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  Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2024 06:22:35 JST Sally Strange
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  Frogs in their saunas (really just bricks with frog-sized holes in them, placed under a greenhouse enclosure)
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  1. Close-up of a gray brick with four evenly spaced round holes. Cute green-and-brown frog faces peek out of each hole. One hole has two frogs in it.
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  2. A field in a semi-arid landscape with several small (maybe a square meter in area) green plastic tents scattered across it. Inside the semi-transparent plastic, you can just make out the silhouettes of bricks.
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  Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2024 06:22:36 JST Sally Strange
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  ICYMI, frog saunas are a real thing that are really therapeutic for real frogs:
  https://scholar.social/@animalculum/112694310643779858
  H/t @animalculum
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    Lukas VF Novak (@animalculum@scholar.social)
    
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    Attached: 1 image ‘Frog Saunas’ May Be the Key to Saving #Amphibians From a Deadly Fungal Infection https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/frog-saunas-may-be-the-key-to-saving-amphibians-from-a-deadly-fungal-infection-180984621/ Hotspot shelters stimulate #frog resistance to #chytridiomycosis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07582-y "Providing #frogs with sun-warmed bricks inside mini-greenhouses can help them recover from #chytrid and make them more resilient against the disease in the future... #Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis thrives in cool weather but does not fare well when exposed to higher temperatures."
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  Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2024 06:22:37 JST Sally Strange
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  Whenever I get tempted to do political commentary I'm just going to contemplate frogs taking saunas instead
  
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