Gotcha!!
I watched an episode of National Geographic in which they showed
giant frogs from South America and Africa. Apparently, frogs in
these two places are the largest in the world.
The episode showed a frog-leaping competition in the US. This is
an annual event and the frog that leaps the furthest is the winner.
And one of these gigantic darlings took part. No prizes for
guessing which frog won. However, the owners of the smaller frogs
were not too happy with the result and suggested that the big ones
should not be allowed to participate.
Frog legs, anyone?
woah! The first time I'd seen frogs bigger than cats!
ReplyDeletesuddenly i got ranidaphobia....
ReplyDeleteFH2o, yeah lah, so huge, the body is bigger than the man's face.
ReplyDeleteYD, that would be a fear of frogs or reptiles? We should probably have pantaphobia and that is a total absence of fear. haha..
FH2o, I found out what it's called to be abnormally afraid of thunder. It's brontophobia. I was thinking of your pooches during CNY.
Wow! That frog is so big that I bet whatever body of water it lives in is no more than:
ReplyDeleteKnee-deep!
Knee-deep!
Knee-deep!
moody,
ReplyDeleteRibbet!
Ribbet!
Ribbet!
Ribbet!
Leapin' Lizards! as Little Orphan Annie would say. That's the biggest *#$% frog I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteThe must have a heck of of lot of big insects to feed on. Or do they eat other things.....like people?
I saw a TV program once talking about how a species of giant bullfrog was accidentally introduced (escaped pets, apparently) into both S. Korea and one estuary in Japan and has been seriously damaging the ecosystem in those places. Basically, they eat every living thing in sight that is smaller than themselves, including snakes, fish, and lizards. The trouble is that the giant bullfrogs are difficult to control. Not only do they reproduce rapidly, but they are both highly regenerative (i.e. they heal quickly) and are immune to a wide variety of toxins (including snake venom).
ReplyDeleteBoth Japan and S. Korea have programs underway to eradicate the unwelcome bullfrog immigrants, but they aren't making much headway. In Korea's case, they are trying to promote the pests as a food source to encourage people to harvest and eat them. I don't know how successful they've been so far.
YD, thanks for sharing those. Interesting.
ReplyDeletePandabonium, no doubt about their huge appetite but humans is not one of their food sources yet. Thank goodness!
MM, that sure is a terrible thing. Imagine a snake mistakenly introduced in NZ. I hear NZ does not have snakes. I remember one was needed to be brought it for filming and it had to be declared and checked that it also was taken out after that.
hmm.. I dun eat frog legs..
ReplyDeleteBecause I once saw them being killed in the market.. it is so terrible, I told my mum never buy frogs from the market anymore.