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It produces a natural sun cream to protect itself from the elements, and also walks rather than hops and has opposable thumbs

This lagoon and pond-dwelling tree frog species is known for its highly flexible limbs and opposable thumbs that it uses to smear a waxy substance that it secretes from its skin to protect it against the sun’s powerful rays.

Read more  This bizarre animal creates its own sunscreen by secreting a waxy substance 40 times more powerful than morphine | Discover Wildlife