Eanna Whelan
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The bulls there as well, the Camargue bulls.
The horses, as you said, those lovely white horses they have there.
It's full of reptiles and amphibians.
You see quite a few things like snakes and lizards and birds are the main attraction.
But these frogs, really incredible to see them there.
And I just got a kick out of the fact that the name is edible frog.
So it's really interesting, actually, and I won't go into too much detail about it because it's incredibly complicated.
But in terms of their genome... That's what you're here for, to find things.
I'll do my very best because it is complex.
So it is a full species, but it is a hybrid of hybrid origin between two other species.
One is called the pool frog and one is called the marsh frog.
Yes, this is something that happened naturally.
And they still coexist with their parent species.
And they actually reject a large part of the genome of one of those parent species.
And it's incredibly complex.
It's only known in this group of frogs, really, that this behaviour happens.
But the thing with them is, though, it means that they're very adaptable to being able to respond to things like drought and climate change.