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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cuban Tree Frog #115786 11/13/2003 12:54 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I must not resist the temptation to tell you all about the little Cuban tree frog I met this past weekend. He was a prince! Just cup your hand, look at the little cup, and imagine a frog filling up quite well that cup with his cold green damp skin--and you've got a Cuban tree frog there. He climbed the walls, he leapt off palms, he tilted his head and looked us in the eyes, his own looking like black marbles about the size of holly berries, maybe smaller. What a darling frog he was! I only feared that he would leap and someone, not realizing frog had leapt, would squish him, but froggie had no such fear. He was dauntless and brave and leaping where'er he wished, trusting in fate and leaping where angels feared to tread (thereby squashing the frog). They cost only $15.00, can live in a little plastic container for quite a long time, and are affectionate in their own way of tilting their little heads and looking you in your eyes with their marble own. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cuban Tree Frog #115787 11/13/2003 1:54 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: There has long been a disease in frogs that make them scarce now. Even forty years ago, I couldn't find frog eggs to let my kids watch them hatch. But I would not pay even a dollar for a frog. I tried to find some pictures of Cuban Tree Frogs. Best I could do was a jigsaw puzzle, that you can put together if you are interested. http://freejigsawpuzzles.com/puzzles/lg_tree_frog_jigsaw_puzzle.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cuban Tree Frog #115788 11/13/2003 4:18 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Try this for info' and a pic. http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/species/cuban.html Edit: Don't know why, but I can't make this link work unless I first copy it into a word document. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cuban Tree Frog #115789 11/13/2003 4:31 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Frogs have been having a tough time over here too, the last few years. We had only two or three in our pond this year; there is at least one small one still hanging about - a worry when you're cutting the grass (given that up until spring). As wwh says, there is a disease or parasite that's hitting them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cuban Tree Frog #115790 11/14/2003 1:08 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada They are very susceptible to pollution as well. I found a native tree frog in our back yard as a kid. Smaller than a quarter (or Brit. tuppence) and bright, new-leaf, it-can't-really-be-this-color green with a pale yellow stomach and red eyes. He wasn't afraid at all when I picked him up. He just hopped up my arm t a n angle about 30% off vertical. He, or she of course I didn't ask, looked more like a design for an animated character than a real animal. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cuban Tree Frog #115791 11/15/2003 1:17 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I've seen those green, red-eyed, yellow-bellied little frogs, and they are splendiferously lovely and beautifulluciously gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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