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Yesterday (on the 5th) was'Gyeongchip', a season when a frog wakes up.
In recent years, global warming has accelerated the time for frogs to lay their eggs.
The camera captured a female frog laying eggs and tadpoles growing.
This is KNN reporter Kihyung Jung.
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is 200m at the foot of Geumjeongsan Mountain in Busan.
Mountain frogs who woke up from hibernation went to the wetlands to lay their eggs.
The camera captures the rare appearance of a female pushing an egg with all her might.
The fight between males trying to take over females with each other is also fierce.
They also kick incoming competitors with their hind legs and push them out.
Geumjeongsan Mountain is one of the best spawning sites for wild frogs in Korea.
[Kim Hap-su/Ecology expert: The number of (of amphibians such as mountain frogs) is on the decline.
However, since hundreds of animals are gathered in Geumjeongsan Mountain, this place is considered to be a very important place.]
I was struck by a gyeongchip and found the spawning site again.
Tadpoles woke up from their eggs are filling the wetlands.
As the earth gets warmer, the days the frogs wake up and lay their eggs are pulling forward by about five days each year.
Geumjeongsan Mountain is being designated as a national park, but habitat destruction continues due to various developments.
Recently, the death of endangered species such as ring salamanders was confirmed at the development site of Sasong District.
In order to protect the ecological environment of Mt. Geumjeong, a treasure trove of amphibians, realistic measures such as thorough environmental investigation and provision of alternative habitats are required.