... of dumping 1.3 million pound of PCBs by General Electric (McCaffrey, para, 15). Studies done in Maine, Vermont, and Minnesota revealed widespread abnormalities in frogs. The frogs were found with an extra third leg, twelve toes, additional bones in their feet and increased sheaths of skin. Carol Meteyer, veterinarian pathologist, said: "They can't stretch their legs. It's ... Papua, New Guinea, reveal an alarmingly decline in different species of frogs. This decline has been happening around the world. Costa Rica's golden toad has not been seen in the wild since 1989. Some people will ...

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... home into a townhouse in the loud, fast-paced city. It was a pretty big change. We went from falling asleep to the sound of nature's lullabies, to the obnoxious 3 a.m. honking of cars driving by and all the commotion of our next door neighbor's nightlife. After a while of living in the city, I forgot how the crickets made that annoying, yet soothing chirping sound. I forgot the frogs and this single owl ... that would hoot at the same time every night as if he were ... nature's security system. Although I missed the peacefulness of the country, I never felt more free than when I was wi...

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