Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Here’s a frog back at ya, Sheila
ONE: cool photo.
TWO: cool post.
THREE: she dedicated it to ME, damn it, ME!
To repay Sheila in some small measure, here’s a photo I pilfered from the American Museum of Natural History. Meet the Blue Poison Dart Frog.
I don’t have a Blue PDF FAQ, but if I did, it would go like this.
Q: Are they real?
A: Yes, they’re real.
Q: They’re not real.
A: Yes, they’re real.
Q: OMG, it just moved, it’s real.
A: Please don’t call him an ‘it.’
Q: What do they eat?
A: Disobedient children who get their fingerprints all over the aquarium glass. Next question.
Q: Oh Mommy Mommy I want one!
A: Fine. I’ll put you in touch with some reliable breeders. But first you’ll have to learn to raise fruitflies.
Q: Are they really poisonous?
A: I dunno. Touch one and find out.
Q: Oh, come on. They’re not really poisonous.
A: (Boring but true answer) They’re only poisonous in the wild. We think it has something to do with their diet. These frogs were captive-bred, so no, they’re not poisonous.
Q: I thought they were porcelain.
A: Shows how little you know, doesn’t it?
Q: That little one keeps climbing on that big one.
A: (singing) The circle of life . . . circle of life . . .
Q: So, they’re all harmless in captivity?
A: No, not all of them are harmless. Phyllobates terribilis, the Golden Poison Dart Frog, remains extremely dangerous even in captivity.
Q: How many are in there?
A: Six. I mean five. The golden one escaped this morning. Um . . . careful where you sit.
Any more questions?
D.
I have to say these two are the most gorgeous frogs I’ve every seen. I thought our black and gold Corroboree Frog was pretty cool, but a blue frog? Yep, simply beautiful.
ooooh, gorgeous frogs!
Jorenian frogs! Who knew? Lol.
I remembering reading about these guys on your blog, but this is the first time I’ve seen them. Thank you, sir.
This is definitely the kind of frog my kid would want. She loves seeing all the poisonous type froggies at the aquarium. I have to admit, they are pretty.
She keeps wanting a frog…or a snail… for a pet, but the ones she finds aren’t that pretty.
The rain forest at the aquarium is my favorite part, especially the little glass cases with the poison frogs. I hurry past the case with the green snakes (sorry, they make the hair on my neck stand up), then gawk at the frogs for ages, counting them, seeing if I can pick them out of the shadows, etc.
They’re gorgeous little things, and your FAQ is brilliant!
Thanks, folks. I kept meaning to write a Blue PDF post and never got around to it. They really are funny little buggers.
If anyone is seriously interested in getting into the hobby, let me know, and I’ll google up the link to FrogNet.
That little one keeps climbing on that big one. 😉
That brought back memories. At school, I volunteered in the toad fence project – you know, those fences that keep the wee buggers crossing roads where they’d end up toad haggis. We had to go, collect them and carry them over while the police secured the road. Daily during February.
And I tell you, randy toad don’t wait for you to carry them to the lakes on the other side of the road. 🙂
I loathe frogs, but I have to say I’ve never seen such beautiful creatures.
Look at the shade of them…just beautiful, luv.
I also enjoyed your FAQ…especially when you said, “Touch one and find out.”
LOL.
Gabriele, you’re a sweetie for your efforts to limit the production of toad haggis. *kiss* And there’s nothing as desperately passionate as a horny frog, let me tell you.
Cali, how could you possibly loathe frogs? They’re gorgeous creatures. Glad you liked the FAQ!
Awsome! Frogs! Now I learned something about blue and gold ones too. Lovely.
Those are delightful! (and the FAQ – lol – priceless)
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