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"World's smallest frog discovered" It's so cute you'll croak
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Clawhammer
2012-01-11 05:52:00 PM
Awww...he makes that dime
look FARKING
HUGE!
TheOther
2012-01-11 07:23:54 PM
In two years, there will frogs half that size!
Clawhammer
2012-01-11 07:30:12 PM
I'm surprised they found him.
I'd have pollywogged right on the lil fellow.
BigLuca
2012-01-11 08:42:36 PM
Hello my baby, hello my darling ...
oh wait, I mean
hello my baby, hello my darling
GoodHomer
2012-01-11 08:45:05 PM
I read this, "
The researchers also found a slightly larger relative, Paedophryne swiftorum
," as, "
The researchers also found a slightly larger relative, Paedophryne
santorum
."
/shudders
DreamSnipers
2012-01-11 08:47:46 PM
That is truly cool, not just the smallest frog but the smallest vertebrate.
I wondered at first if they were immature but the article indicates they found them by mating calls. Wonder what their prey is? At that size anything they eat would be big enough to eat them
Ophaelin
2012-01-11 08:49:36 PM
We use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from New Guinea, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.
skinink
2012-01-11 08:51:50 PM
I hate you subby. I was expecting to see a tiny Frenchman.
Rabbitgod
2012-01-11 09:09:52 PM
skinink
:
I hate you subby. I was expecting to see a tiny Frenchman.
Check your pants, since your a TF'er I'm sure you'll find something small and as eager to retreat.
Sarah Palin's Conscience
2012-01-11 09:10:28 PM
Ophaelin
:
We use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from New Guinea, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.
Yum!
ardere
2012-01-11 09:13:46 PM
Rabbitgod
:
skinink: I hate you subby. I was expecting to see a tiny Frenchman.
Check your pants, since your a TF'er I'm sure you'll find something small and as eager to retreat.
Ha!
Lone Stranger
2012-01-11 09:22:24 PM
"Fark you!"
Day_Old_Dutchie
2012-01-11 09:22:43 PM
BigLuca
:
Hello my baby, hello my darling ...
oh wait, I mean
hello my baby, hello my darling
Ribbit!
Lord Schtupp
2012-01-11 09:25:51 PM
TheOther
:
In two years, there will frogs half that size!
...but for now this represents the leading edge of miniature frog technology
Mock26
2012-01-11 09:26:34 PM
singdizzy
2012-01-11 09:32:54 PM
Sweet, we can just swallow the little buggers like pills instead of having to lick them.
Mmmm, psychedelic frog.....
LordOfThePings
2012-01-11 09:33:52 PM
Lone Stranger
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[news.bbcimg.co.uk image 304x390]
"Fark you!"
It's not easy being translucent.
Tsar_Bomba1
2012-01-11 09:35:40 PM
approves of this message...
geniusiknowit
2012-01-11 09:37:17 PM
Paedophryne amauensis
/have a teensy tiny seat over there...
ExtraStrengthPlacebos
2012-01-11 09:40:29 PM
Ophaelin
:
We use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from New Guinea, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.
That's as may be, it's still a frog.
ZMugg
2012-01-11 09:41:05 PM
This, is CNN.
Lord Snoopy's G.P.E.H.
2012-01-11 09:41:14 PM
That frog's got great brakes. He stops on a dime.
Vorpal
2012-01-11 09:43:00 PM
Man, I better play dead. Here comes that frog.
greggm59
2012-01-11 09:48:37 PM
Tastes like popcorn chicken.
mmnessa
2012-01-11 10:00:18 PM
Now that just looks
deadly
Poprocks Psychology
2012-01-11 10:04:52 PM
Even God seems to be working on the "Pentium Policy."
You think that frog's small!? Just wait until you see what I come up with later!
Rik01
2012-01-11 10:07:31 PM
I've lived in Florida nearly all of my life. As a kid, I'd visit my grandparents who lived in a rural area where they were the only house on an undeveloped block.
The blocks in front of and behind them were also empty and wooded.
The lot next door had a large 'meadow' in it that mildly flooded when it rained -- meaning among the wild grasses, the white sand had about a half inch of water on it. I loved the place. At certain times during the summer, seemingly right after a rain, the meadow would swarm with these frogs about as large as your little fingernail.
I don't think they were fresh from tadpoles, since none had that little tail stub that remains for a bit and rarely did the meadow stay flooded for more than a few days.
They would be all over the place in the hundreds. As a kid I found it charming and fascinating.
Now, the entire area is massively developed and I haven't seen one of those 'Fly Frogs' (as we called them) in years.
It was a sight to see.
MAYORBOB
2012-01-11 10:19:46 PM
They ought to name it Herveus Villechaizius.
Hollie Maea
2012-01-11 10:30:13 PM
I've probably inadvertently stepped on a few of those in my day.
PirateKing
2012-01-11 10:31:48 PM
Rik01
:
I've lived in Florida nearly all of my life. As a kid, I'd visit my grandparents who lived in a rural area where they were the only house on an undeveloped block.
The blocks in front of and behind them were also empty and wooded.
The lot next door had a large 'meadow' in it that mildly flooded when it rained -- meaning among the wild grasses, the white sand had about a half inch of water on it. I loved the place. At certain times during the summer, seemingly right after a rain, the meadow would swarm with these frogs about as large as your little fingernail.
I don't think they were fresh from tadpoles, since none had that little tail stub that remains for a bit and rarely did the meadow stay flooded for more than a few days.
They would be all over the place in the hundreds. As a kid I found it charming and fascinating.
Now, the entire area is massively developed and I haven't seen one of those 'Fly Frogs' (as we called them) in years.
It was a sight to see.
And then one time I took the tadpoles to school in my scooby-doo lunch box. I sold them to other kids for a nickle apiece. I made three dollars. 200 tadpoles died. In my lunchbox. In the sun.
freetomato
2012-01-11 10:32:12 PM
Pete!
ShamanGator
2012-01-11 10:50:16 PM
OK that's 1 cute little frog. All 3 of my daughters were awwww'ing
KnightsFolly
2012-01-11 10:51:46 PM
Rik01
:
I've lived in Florida nearly all of my life. As a kid, I'd visit my grandparents who lived in a rural area where they were the only house on an undeveloped block.
The blocks in front of and behind them were also empty and wooded.
The lot next door had a large 'meadow' in it that mildly flooded when it rained -- meaning among the wild grasses, the white sand had about a half inch of water on it. I loved the place. At certain times during the summer, seemingly right after a rain, the meadow would swarm with these frogs about as large as your little fingernail.
I don't think they were fresh from tadpoles, since none had that little tail stub that remains for a bit and rarely did the meadow stay flooded for more than a few days.
They would be all over the place in the hundreds. As a kid I found it charming and fascinating.
Now, the entire area is massively developed and I haven't seen one of those 'Fly Frogs' (as we called them) in years.
It was a sight to see.
You can still find them now and then...
MrEricSir
2012-01-11 10:52:40 PM
They "discovered" a frog -- that makes a lot of noise at night?
Yeah, I'm going to have to call BS on the author's use of the word "discovered." I'd bet $20 that local folks have known about these little frogs for ages.
KnightsFolly
2012-01-11 10:53:46 PM
Wish I could have found a Bud cap for this little guy to pose on.
MBooda
2012-01-11 10:57:45 PM
KnightsFolly
:
Wish I could have found a Bud cap for this little guy to pose on.
[lh4.googleusercontent.com image 530x414]
Weis. Er.
Hollie Maea
2012-01-11 11:01:30 PM
MrEricSir
:
I'd bet $20 that local folks have known about these little frogs for ages.
Sure, but they probably called it "liklik rokrok" and most likely did not distinguish it from the myriad of other "liklik rokrok" hopping around. Hell, most likely they erroneously deemed it a "pikinini rokrok". So the scientists should get a little credit.
whatshisname
2012-01-11 11:11:51 PM
Poprocks Psychology
:
Even God seems to be working on the "Pentium Policy."
You think that frog's small!? Just wait until you see what I come up with later!
A frog with 5 blades?
indeebud
2012-01-11 11:16:27 PM
He's toadally awesome Dude!!
Jument
2012-01-11 11:30:08 PM
In all seriousness, I expected him to be a lot smaller than that. I feel weird now.
horslips
2012-01-12 12:01:58 AM
+1 Subby!
THAT
is a FARK hedline!
MrEricSir
2012-01-12 12:09:35 AM
Hollie Maea
:
MrEricSir: I'd bet $20 that local folks have known about these little frogs for ages.
Sure, but they probably called it "liklik rokrok" and most likely did not distinguish it from the myriad of other "liklik rokrok" hopping around. Hell, most likely they erroneously deemed it a "pikinini rokrok". So the scientists should get a little credit.
I'm not knocking the scientists here, it sounds like interesting work. My beef is with the author of this article's choice of words. It's sort of like saying Columbus "discovered" America. It was new to him, sure -- but plenty of other people already knew about it.
PaLarkin
2012-01-12 01:03:32 AM
I guess it's true that you learn something new every day. I thought that little guy from Fantasy Island was the world's smallest frog.
Mock26
2012-01-12 02:01:46 AM
PaLarkin
:
I guess it's true that you learn something new every day. I thought that little guy from Fantasy Island was the world's smallest frog.
Nice.
OK So Amuse Me
2012-01-12 02:20:22 AM
Aw, Damn that is a cute little frog. Wonder how toxic it is?
Daddy's Big Pink Man-Squirrel
2012-01-12 02:58:11 AM
Forgive the following lapse in my usual snarky decorum:
AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I WANT
I WANT
IWANT
IWANT
IWANT!
I haz frogs, but the damn things are monstrous!
Almost an inch long! Terrifyingly huge!
I would love me a passel of gnat-frogs. I wonder what their mating calls sound like. I already have buzzing and barking and chirping, but no condom frogs yet. I want some dart frogs too, but when I mentioned them to the landlord he yelled and kind of pooped himself a bit so I don't think he likes the idea. Too bad. They so purty.
/dart frogs, not landlord poops
Uchiha_Cycliste
2012-01-12 03:54:11 AM
those frogs are a dime a dozen,.
Ow My Balls
2012-01-12 05:51:41 AM
BigLuca
:
Hello my baby, hello my darling ...
oh wait, I mean
hello my baby, hello my darling
Everybody's doing the Michigan raaaaaaaaaag!
WeenerGord
2012-01-12 09:56:06 AM
ExtraStrengthPlacebos
:
Ophaelin: We use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from New Guinea, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.
That's as may be, it's still a frog.
I just read the entire thread, and IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING 'ERE ABOUT LARKS VOMIT!!
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