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The world's loneliest frog finally has a girlfriend!
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Romeo was thought to be the last of his kind in the world and spent the past 10 years in isolation in an aquarium in Bolivia.
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Poor Romeo starting calling for a mate a year into captivity but there was just no one for him!
9 years into being a bachelor, the Global Wildlife Conservation Centre took pity on him and help him set up an online dating profile last Valentines, but to no avail...
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Fortunately, scientists have finally found him a mate - Juliet - after an expedition to a remote Bolivian cloud forest, where they found 5 of the rare Sehuencas water frogs.
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Romeo's caretakers say he's quite shy and slow, while his new girlfriend is really energetic and eats a lot, but they're sure the happy couple will get along just fine.
The moral of the story is, don't give up hope! If the world's loneliest frog can find a girlfriend, so can you.
