It's Not Easy Being Green

Birmingham Zoo, Tree Frog

Did you ever read (or see) "Flowers for Algernon"? The play/book/movie (the movie was called "Charly") tracked an experiment in which a man and a mouse both ingested a medication which developed intelligence. For a time, both Charlie (man) and Algernon (mouse) do well — stunningly well — but when Algernon's mental and physical health rapidly, irrevocably degrade... well, you can imagine Charlie's distress.

Like Algernon, our little amphibian friends (sensitive guys that they are) signal environmental danger. When they start dying off, we should really take a cue, get off the couch and make some noise.

It's not just the frogs, folks.