Meanwhile, at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, scientists have discovered a 270 million-year-old fossil that looks like a distant cousin of a certain familiar frog.
I won’t claim to know anything about fossils or evolution or sciencey facts, but it seems that this new discovery is a missing link in the evolution of the modern amphibian. And because – according to the scientists – it sort of looks like Kermit, they’ve named it Kermitops gratus.
After this news broke, we got word from Kermit the Frog himself (no, really!), and here’s what he had to say about this monumental news:
“When the Smithsonian team approached me asking to name a newly-discovered amphibian species after me, I was truly honored… and a little puzzled. I don’t quite see the resemblance, but Miss Piggy and the other Muppets assured me it’s uncanny! Wait ‘til I tell my family in the swamp about our new great-great-great-great-great aunt or uncle – although we never got any gifts from them, so maybe they’re not that great.”
Thanks for the quote, Kermit! And congratulations on making it into the scientific journals.
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by Joe Hennes – Joe@ToughPigs.com
