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Kermit the Cannibal? Frogs Sometimes Eat Each Other
livescience ^
| September 04, 2015
| Elizabeth Palermo
Posted on 09/05/2015 5:11:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It's a frog-eat-frog world out there.
While it may seem like frogs are insectivores (a long tongue snatching a fly comes to mind), these amphibians are actually "generalist" carnivores. They will eat just about any small critter they can swallow, including other frogs, according to a new study.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: cannibal; frog
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To: nickcarraway
This is not new or news.
In some species, tadpoles from the same clutch of eggs become vegetarian while others become meat eaters. The meat eaters eat the vegetarians and become the next generation of frogs.
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09/05/2015 6:12:39 PM PDT
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mountainbunny
(Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ JR.R. Tolkien)
To: nickcarraway
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09/05/2015 6:18:38 PM PDT
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mountainbunny
(Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ JR.R. Tolkien)
To: dfwgator
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09/05/2015 6:26:56 PM PDT
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: nickcarraway
It’s kinda like the ghetto today, except they don’t eat em.
To: smokingfrog
Well at least they don’t smoke. That would be inexcusable.
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09/05/2015 6:52:48 PM PDT
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To Hell With Poverty
(All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
To: mountainbunny
Deer will eat baby quail.
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09/05/2015 7:25:18 PM PDT
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Roos_Girl
(The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
To: nickcarraway
They will eat just about any small critter they can swallow, including other frogs, according to a new study.
Thank goodness this new study was conducted to uncover what anyone who grew up anywhere near a pond already knew. Looking forward to the exciting new study which will tell us that dogs will eat whatever they can swallow.
To: To Hell With Poverty
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09/05/2015 8:01:40 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
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