#fun frog facts

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[froggyjuumps]

am now dispensing fun frog facts yet again, let me know if you would like a fun frog fact!

(this offer also includes frog doodles of possible subpar quality)

[lesbeanthingz27]

Here’s some fun Desert Rain Frogs facts to brighten your day during these trying times:

— Unlike most land frogs, they have webbed feet. Aquatic frogs have webbed feet that they use for swimming, but Desert Rain Frogs use theirs to dig in the sand.

— When male frogs want to mate, they just start wailing until a female approaches them. Then the two frogs burrow down into the same to mate.

— Female frogs lay between 12 and 40 eggs in underground burrows.

— They hatch as fully-formed froglets, not tadpoles. This is because they live in a desert strip along the coast of Namibia and South Africa, so there’s no freshwater around for tadpoles to develop.

— They can’t hop! Their bodies are plump, and their legs are tiny so hopping is pretty much impossible. Instead, the walk (waddle), leaving tiny frog footprints in the sand. As cute as it is, this does make it difficult to escape predators.

— Males have wrinkly pendant sacs under their heads, which they inflate with air to sound loud calls (like mating wails lol). Only the males have these, so you can tell the gender of these frogs based on this.

— They absorb water through their bellies. Now, all frogs do this- they absorb water through their skin instead of drinking it, typically by sitting in a puddle or on a feet plant, etc.. Obviously, the desert doesn’t just have puddles lying around, so Desert Rain frogs have thin membranes on their bellies, that absorb moisture from the fog in the air around them and in the sand. They’ll dig down in the sand to access deeper moisture and avoid the heat of the sun. Their thin skin means you can see their internal organs, which is kinda neat.

— They’re sticky! When most frogs mate, they do so in the water and rely on their buoyancy to help. But desert rain frogs don’t have a body of water to help them float, so they’ve developed a Velcro-like system. The backside of the females and the front side of the males have corresponding stickiness, allowing them to glue together and lay eggs underground.

— They squeak. And as adorable as this is, it’s a defense mechanism and sign that they’re scared. So if you see videos of them squeaking, the person videoing is likely doing something to stress and scare them. It’s definitely not something to encourage or try to get them to do.

— Their unique anatomy causes them to always look angry. Their mouth is deeply downturned, so they always look like they’re scowling at you.

I mean, look at this cutie!! 🥹🥰❤️

[la-funni-cat]

metaphryniscus sosae, or sosa’s toad, local to venezuela.

picture was taken in 2011.

did you know? sosa’s toad is monotypic, meaning it’s the only species of the metaphryniscus genus

[answerguiltygear]

if you walk forward long enough, Answer takes out a wristwatch!

[50-frogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Fun frog fact #5: The pumpkin toadlet (who are slightly bio-luminescent when put under black light) is a very territorial species of frog. The way they defend their territory is by standing up, waving a hand in front of their face and calling aggressively! Most altercations end in wrestling and sometimes death. 

[froggyjuumps]

fun frog fact!

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[answerguiltygear]

I never noticed this because I don't use them but for some reason Answer palettes 5 and 13 have the wrong colors on their giga machina system ball. I wonder if they were originally those colors and were changed later but they forgot to also change the ball colors.