{"id":5753,"date":"2016-03-01T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=5753"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:10:14","slug":"leaping-out-of-the-lab-green-tree-frogs-show-adaptation-offer-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/leaping-out-of-the-lab-green-tree-frogs-show-adaptation-offer-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAPING OUT OF THE LAB: Green Tree Frogs Show Adaptation, Offer Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
As a teenager, in addition to soccer practice and piano lessons, Molly Albecker often went snake hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI got really curious about snakes. I\u2019d go to the library and check out books about them. I\u2019d search the woods by my house for them,\u201d she told a class of sixth-graders, many of whom wanted to know how a scientist could exist sans lab coat and erratic hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albecker\u2019s reptile fixation led to a college career in biology. But she eventually jumped to amphibians, partly for practical reasons. \u201cFrogs don\u2019t bite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n