The world's newest Super-Heroes!!

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Marvel Comics brought you X-Men in 1963; spandex-uniformed human genetic anomalies or “mutants” with super powers hinted at by their names, e.g. Iceman, Beast, Storm and, notably, the villainous Toad. As an enthusiastic homage, the EDGE of Existence programme now brings you X-Frogs because we noticed that there are few things that the X-Men get up to that can’t be matched by a crowd of diverse and remarkable EDGE Amphibians.

Hence, our multi-part blog on X-Frogs will bring you some of the strangest behaviours of the amphibians through an attempt to find parallels with the comic book X-Men heroes.

You think it can’t be done….?

PART ONE – WOLVERINE…

X-Man Wolverine possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, and a healing ability that allows him to recover from virtually any wound. This healing ability enabled the “Supersoldier Program Weapon X” to bond the near-indestructible metal alloy “adamantium” to his skeletal system. As a result, retractable metal blades surge from his fists during combat…the ultimate secret weapon.

Read more at http://www.edgeofexistence.org/edgeblog/?p=676