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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
i came here looking for joke about kermit and his new girlfriend...
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:12:20 PM PDT
by
VAFreedom
(maybe i should take a nap before work)
To: nickcarraway
They will eat just about any small critter they can swallow, including other frogs, according to a new study.
New study my butt, I've known about it for years.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:13:12 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: VAFreedom
What’s green and smells like Kermit’s finger?
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:13:34 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:14:04 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: VAFreedom
Sorry Piggy, Kermit doesn’t want pork that tastes good.
Kermit wants pork that swallows.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:14:46 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: nickcarraway
just like humans! recycling is good
To: nickcarraway
An image search shows frogs eating other frogs, snakes, mice, fish etc.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:15:34 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: nickcarraway
A new study? Ive known for many years that frogs are opportunistic carnivores. Bullfrogs especially are fond of small rodents and passerine birds. Some frog species' tadpoles prey on junior tadpoles of their own kind too.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:16:15 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: nickcarraway
Went bullfrog hunting years ago. When we were dressing the frogs we found a small toad in one of the frog’s belly.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:19:04 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:23:29 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: Olog-hai
No one knows anything until a scientist gets a huge grant and releases paperwork that discovers something people knew since time immemorial.
To: nickcarraway
It’s not easy eating green.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:26:24 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(We need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' on Iranian bombing runs. It is not vituous)
To: nickcarraway; Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; FredZarguna
I would think the hardest thing about being a cannibal is trying to get some very deep sleep, you know what I mean?
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:26:48 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: nickcarraway
Why do I always keep forgetting that . . . ? Drat and double drat. Must re-educate myself.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:27:00 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: nickcarraway
No wonder Miss Piggy divorced him.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:38:09 PM PDT
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: cripplecreek
Sometimes, when I’m in that state of being asleep, but not quite asleep, I see a very vivid image of a frog eating another frog. It always gives me the quivers and I just cant stay in bed.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:41:22 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:43:24 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Voting is acting white.)
To: nickcarraway
Ever seen Pacman Frogs? Also called Ornate Horned Frogs. They will eat each other. Makes them kinda hard to breed.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:53:58 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: dfwgator
If you go fishing, especially in smaller bodies of water, often times you will see a bullfrog on the bank. Typically they will not allow you to get too close to them. If you are casting with a lure, you can place the lure just beyond the frog and slowly pull it past the frog. He will take the lure every time.
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