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Vertebrates who never fully committed to leaving the water, and it shows.
means Cold-blooded animals like frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts that typically start life in water with gills, then breathe through lungs and skin on land.
from From Greek amphibios, both lives, stitching together amphi, both, and bios, life — a literal description of their double existence.
Skin breathersMany absorb oxygen straight through permeable skin.
Living barometersVanish first when pollution or climate shifts.
Ancient pioneersFirst vertebrates to crawl onto dry land.
No drinkingThey soak water in through their skin instead.