Comments on: Boing Boing Frogs

By: Rappy

Rappy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:22:04 +0000

The goliaths are my favorite big amphibians, second only to the Asian varieties of cryptobranchids.

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:09:43 +0000

And, lest we forget, frogs have permeable skins and can serve as an ecological “canary in the coal mine”.
‘We shall pick up an existence by its frogs…’ Indeed.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:26:28 +0000

Well put, MM. Loren, I love the Fort quote.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:32:34 +0000

There’s a frog loose in your yard? I’ll help you catch it. Where is the little fella? Here little froggie froggie… AAAAHHHHHH! Seriously, though, that is an amazing contrast and I think it was a good idea to show the enormous size differences that can exist between two similar species here. It is endlessly fascinating for me how even related creatures can evolve to have such dramatic physiological differences in response to factors of their environment.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:54:58 +0000

I can remember there was a controversy about those african frogs down here at the Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee (the same one that Mark Twain wrote about). They hold this every year as part of the county fair. A man brought a couple of those frogs in and of course everyone else called foul. After all those things can, in 1 jump, make the stand record of 3 leaps. They finally had to make the ruling (yes, a ruling on jumping frogs) that the frogs had to be native to California (at least)–native to Calaveras County would be better. If I recall, some were actually more concerned that his frogs would get free and start eating the native variety.