Follow-up on “Disturbing, Ain’t It?”

Not too long ago, I posted about a BBC report of a three-headed frog.

Well it turns out that there’s no story. From that angle, the photo looked to be that of a three-headed frog. But it was, in fact, just three frogs mating — evidently common practice. (There are some better photos at Ray Girvan’s site.)

But based on the photo, the BBC was able to quote its own wildlife “expert,” Mike Dilger, who said “it could be an early warning of environmental problems.” Perhaps it is more a warning of the BBC’s inability to hire credible scientists.

Incidently, the story was originally titled “Warning over three-headed frog” but has since been retitled to “Puzzle over three-headed frog.” Not that the story has been retracted.