LEGO Zoo #0018: Frog Medication

National Zookeeper Week is still underway, and today's mini-set focuses on the role that zookeepers play in providing medication for animals:

While zoo veterinarians are responsible for diagnosing and prescribing treatments for animal illnesses, it's the keepers who actually apply most of the treatments.  Here, Rachael is applying medication to the skin of a poison dart frog.  Because amphibians are able to absorb chemicals through their skin, it is easy to medicate them without having to modify their diet or use invasive procedures.  Poison dart frogs are themselves important for human medicine, as chemicals derived from the poisons in their skin may be used to create more powerful painkillers.

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