Curious places in Cameroon
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When threatened, this frog deliberately breaks its own toe bones and pushes them through its skin to create Wolverine-like claws. Males also develop hair-like dermal structures during breeding to increase oxygen absorption while guarding eggs underwater.
A lake that silently burped a massive cloud of CO₂ in 1986, killing 1,700 people and all animals within 25km. The water now has pipes to prevent it from happening again.
Crater lakes that accumulate dissolved CO2 until catastrophic release. Lake Nyos belched carbon dioxide in 1986 that silently suffocated 1,700 people within 25 kilometers. Pipes now continuously degass the lake to prevent another limnic eruption.
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