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amnhnyc: “🧴What are some ways that you’ve been protecting your skin from the Sun this summer? One way the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) looks after itself: by secreting its own sunscreen! ☀️The South American inhabitant lives in the...

amnhnyc:

🧴What are some ways that you’ve been protecting your skin from the Sun this summer? One way the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) looks after itself: by secreting its own sunscreen!

☀️The South American inhabitant lives in the Chaco forest, where it spends much of its time sunbathing on branches in the treetop. It cares for its skin by secreting a waxy substance that acts like a self-made sunscreen! Flexible hind-legs help it to spread the “sunscreen” on its back, ensuring its whole body is coated with a protective layer.

Photo: Joachim S. Müller, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, flickr

#AnimalFacts #frogs #WaxyMonkeyTreeFrog #dyk #herpetology
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    I wish I could do this for my own skin
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