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Biological Miracle – Wood Frog

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501 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 18:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.26s | source
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soco ◴[15 Nov 24 19:56 UTC] No.42150283[source]▶
I really expected a wood(en) frog here, qualifying truly as a biological miracle. But the wood frogs are cool as well.
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furyofantares ◴[15 Nov 24 20:46 UTC] No.42150799[source]▶
Oh god. This made me wonder, what is wood, anyway? And I've just come away much more confused.

Bamboo is a grass and doesn't come from a tree. Palm wood comes from palm trees, except palm tree trunks are apparently a totally different type of structure than other tree trunks, sounds closer to Papyrus. No growth rings, a fiber type structure. Is Papyrus wood?

Any plant matter above a certain density? I don't think that's it. Corn stalks aren't wood.

Man, I don't know. I am certain that it must be plant matter though, so yes, a wooden frog would be a biological miracle.

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1. mkl ◴[15 Nov 24 23:12 UTC] No.42152361[source]▶
I don't know a precise definition, but wood has many origins. Wood has evolved hundreds of separate times, including at least 38 separate times just on the Canary Islands. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341287935_Multiple_..., https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2208629119?downloa...