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btoadfrozen amplexis_nearindependance pass CO 12,050ft.jpg - The sudden changes in weather in high country can be lethal both for man and amphibian. One moment in amplexus, the next cooled to "paralysis" by a temperature drop, and then the toads are frozen and killed because of the inability to burrow back into the mud. These toads in the foreground are really living on the edge!

Boreal toads frozen while mating, near Independence Pass, Colorado | The sudden changes in weather in high country can be lethal both for man and amphibian. One moment in amplexus, the next cooled to "paralysis" by a temperature drop, and then the toads are frozen and killed because of the inability to burrow back into the mud. These toads in the foreground are really living on the edge! Download
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