Gallery: Absurd Creature of the Week: The Vampire Frog That Devours Its Mother's Eggs

  • The impressive fang of the vampire flying frog. That dripping liquid isn't venom it's vodka. Just kidding. Tadpoles...
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    Rhacophorus-vampyrus-tadpole-side-head

    The impressive fang of the vampire flying frog. That dripping liquid isn't venom, it's vodka. Just kidding. Tadpoles don't drink vodka.
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    Jodi Rowley/Australian Museum Research Institute
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    Forest-Camp-in-Vietnam

    Rowley's camp in Vietnam had a great view if you like trees.
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    Jodi Rowley/Australian Museum Research Institute
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    Cloud-Forest-Bidoup-Nui-Ba-National-Park

    The cloud forest is so named because clouds like to be there.
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    Jodi Rowley/Australian Museum Research Institute
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    Hitch-hiking-leeches-in-Cambodia

    The inevitable hitchhikers in the cloud forest: leeches.
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    Jodi Rowley/Australian Museum Research Institute
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    Rhacophorus-vampyrus-tree-hole

    Vampire fly frog tadpoles, safe and sound in a tree, swimming in vodka. Wait, no. Water.
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    Rhacophorus-vampyrus-male-(1)

    Hang in there, buddy.
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