Word: cyclorana
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Life on Earth is a series of miracles, some familiar and some so strange as to sound like a tale told by a space traveler returning from a distant galaxy. On the more bizarre side there are the Cycloranas, the water-holding frogs of the Australian desert. Their active life is condensed to brief times when there is water in those arid wastes. After a rainstorm, they gorge themselves on insects, mate, then watch their eggs quickly develop into tadpoles. Finally, bloated with water, they burrow into the sand and wait for the next storm, which may not come...
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