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Methuselah the Spadefoot Toad and Suspended Animation
A long feature recounts Methuselah the spadefoot toad found alive after centuries buried in limestone near Butte Montana. It discusses suspended animation, evolution clues, and experiments by Bronx Zoo scientists and Dr Buckland on life in airtight rock chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bus
America
Butte
Montana
St Timf
Colum
Bronx Zoo
New York City
Spadefoot
Methuselah
Gautier
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ballantrae
Wells
Methuselah the Toad
W. T. Hornaday
New York Zoological Park
Mary A. Dickerson
R. L. Ditmars
Bronx Zoological Park
William Buckland
Faculty of
Oxford
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Buckland