In Malaysia Indraneil Das, a scientist who studies amphibians, and small organisms in the Malaysian jungle, accidentally came across a small creature one day while he was surveying some carnivorous plants. This creature is known as today as the smallest frog in the world. “It was just sitting on the tip of the plant, and I could barely see him” said Indraneil, as he used the tip of his pencil to pick up the frog. Indraneil said that these frogs were then kept after discovery by him as juveniles inside of a local museum. The frogs were named Microhyla nepenthicola, from the plants that they came from, which were tubular plants that were carnivorous, but did not harm the frogs.
This information is very relevant to science and biology, because once again, it shows the variation of small and large organisms, in jungles, oceans, rivers, ponds etc. that are documented each and every day that the public, and scientists across the world are clueless about. This frog, being the tiniest frog in the world is key to help scientist figure out how this frog became to grow so small, which could lead to other research about this frog, so the discovery that this frog has and the relationship that it carries with the plants that they grow on carries a large impact in the biology field to scientists, who are interested in small organisms.
We care about this information so much, due to the fact that technology is elevating each and everyday, and small animals like these could possibly be a cure along with the plants that they grow on, to a disease that we have in this day and age, or they could simply be something that leads to a research project in the long run.
Source:http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/08/26/pea_sized_frogs_found_in_borneo_carnivorous_plants/
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