The largest frog in the world and the smallest have been added to the exhibits of the Field Museum -of Natural History in Chicago. The two speciments are reproductions of rare species, the large one found in French West Africa, the tiny one in Cuba. The pygmy frog weighs about one twenty-thousandth as much as the giant frog. It takes nearly 150 of the small variety to make an ounce. The giant, on the other hand, weighs about 101 b. By special arrangement Reuter's world service, in addition to other special sources of Information, is used in the compilation of the overseas intelligence therein in Australia and New Zealand, published in this issue, and all rights are reserved. The cable news in this Issue accredited to the London "Times” has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of “The Times."
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 210, 1 June 1929, Page 11
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