For amphibians who need to keep their skin wet in order to breathe, shrinking can mean higher chances of drying out in a drought… because their bodies absorb and hold smaller quantities of water.
You can ask for forgiveness rather than permission because people can't really get cross with you when you're sat with a hat like this in a bright red amphibious car.
It takes three amphibs, two small ones and one that looks like a mini aircraft carrier to make an Amphibs Ready Group or Ark, which transports the rapid response forces along with thousands more sailors.
That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup is almost identical to that responsible for respiration in amphibians.
Thanks to water extraction, dam building and other river-changing pursuits, more than three-quarters of river amphibians, fish and mammals have disappeared since 1970.