This gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) thought my partner's bike seemed like a very nice tree :)
Image description: a grey, black, and white mottled/speckled frog sitting on a green bike, tucked underneath a black coiled cord. In the next image, the frog is sitting on a wooden bench. /end ID
what the hells wrong with him? does he seriously think this is okay? like actually. there are unfathomable levels of cringe radiating from this image. hes not even asleep. whys only one hind leg out. hsi dumb tummy getting folded. whats actu0ally wrong with him. he has issues
you may be thinking to yourself, "roselyn. youve reblogged a couple posts recently and identified various frogs as african clawed frogs. how do you know so much about this invasive species specifically"
we used to have one as a pet :) before they were illegal to purchase. and what were we supposed to do with her after they were made illegal, release her in a river? no. she was part of the family til the day she died.
her name was snowball, she was an albino african clawed frog. to this day i have a soft spot for them.
crazy species of frog, btw. i understand why theyre invasive. they eat anything, they're hardy as fuck.
we got snowball when i was 5-6 (2003-2004 ish). she died within the last 5 years (not sure exactly when).
My mom tells this story that the owner of the pet shop where we got snowball likes to tell: a schoolteacher had one of these frogs as the class pet. One day the frog got out. Given that these frogs are pretty solidly water frogs (snowball didnt have an ounce of land above water in her tank) this frog was presumed dead. weeks later when moving her desk this teacher found the frog. Its skin was dry and cracked and it was covered in dust, but it was alive.
Anyway theyre an invasive species and a huge problem but damn do i love them. best frog
Catch me writing a five-page rant about respecting the family dog for the past two hours.
It makes absolutely no sense after an all-nighter, but gods did I have thoughts. Stop letting kids put themselves and the dog in danger by disrespecting the dog and stop assuming that the dog won't bite the child if pushed too far.