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  "id": 6315006,
  "title": "Star-fingered toads use fingertip lobules to detect prey in murky water",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/star-fingered-toads-use-fingertip-lobules-to-detect-prey-in-murky",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-08T19:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-star-fingered-toads-fingertip-lobules.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Surinam toads (Pipa pipa) are strange, flat frogs with minuscule eyes that live in the murky waters of the Amazon basin and carry their eggs on their backs. The way they catch prey is even weirder. They lie in wait with outstretched forelimbs until a small fish approaches, then snap open their jaws to create enough suction to draw the fish into their tongueless mouths and swallow it whole, all in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}