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Frog Species Discovered Living In Elephant Dung
rhettb writes "Three different species of frogs have been discovered living in the dung of the Asian elephant in southeastern Sri Lanka. The discovery — the first time anyone has recorded frogs living in elephant droppings — has widespread conservation implications both for frogs and Asian elephants, which are in decline. Apparently the frogs feed on the many invertebrates present in elephant dung."
All Hail our amphibious elephant dung eating overlords.
So, it's not, "Oh, shit!" but rather "Oh! Shit."
In Liberty, Rene
*duck*
Two frogs meet at a bar. One asks the other "Is this stool taken?"
Anybody want my mod points?
yummie
Someone had to mention it.
Dung Toad It All Anyway!!!! This is just a mess. There goes the neighborhood.
Next you'll have cats and dogs living together.
Oh, wait . . .
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
All hail the Coprotoad.
Once upon a time, there was a little frog who lived at the zoo.
One spring morning, the little frog was hopping through the elephant exhibit, but a bout of freezing rain had made the cage all slippery, and the little frog found himself buried up to his neck in ice.
Stuck in the ice and slowly freezing to death, the little frog looked up, just an instant before the elephant shat all over him. "Ribbit! Elephant, you bastard! You just shat all over me!", croaked the little frog.
But the elephant dung was warm and kept the little frog alive, not only melting the ice, but also attracting the flies, and the frog ate his fill. "Ribbit! We're cool, Elephant! Thanks for the warm dung and the tasty flies!", croaked the little frog.
A Canada Goose, returning home from a winter in the south, heard the commotion, and swooped down next to the little frog. It used its bill to carefully clear away all of the elephant dung, and then gently picked the little frog up out of the pile of elephant poop.
And then the goose ate him alive.
Moral of the story:
1) Everyone who shits on you is not necessarily your enemy.
2) Everyone who digs you out of shit is not necessarily your friend.
3) If you're warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your big mouth shut!
- after The Sparrow
If your going to pick a pile of shit to live in, why not go for the mansion.
MG
I mean really. They're frogs. Possibly their aesthetics are slightly different from ours?
Is this suppose to be symbolic ?
...in the next you'll wake up in a world of shit!
This is not unlike the life of a grad student.
swimming around in a living elephant's circulatory system, then i'll be impressed
but as they say in alabama: "a frog in shit ain't nothing but a frog in shit", or something to that effect
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
...scientists announced today the discovery of 3 species of frogs that have no nostrils
MG
I thought it was a story about French hippies. Mon Dieu!
"Because it's there." A reminder that you never ask a scientist "why?"
Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face.
The elephants DONATE the crap. Frogs "give a crap" about the donated crap.
There, I believe that clears up that question. Next?
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
I call bullshit. Well, Elephantshit.
Sig? No thanks. I don't smoke.
...describes my employer pretty accurately.
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What a shitty place to live...
The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
Any animal whose existence depends on that of the asian elephant is in deep shit.
Am I part of the core demographic for Swedish Fish?
I was splattered with elephant poop at marine world... I wonder if this is where the mystery frogs came from in a friend's backyard some years later after spreading manure in a garden. They closely resembled these frogs but quickly died after growing to full size.
... there's a -- quite widespread -- subspecies of HUMANS actually living up their bosses' asses...
Intellectual Property: an immaterial non-entity, most fiercely contended by those with no proper intellect to speak of.
and die.
omg!, they found the Mexican staring frog of southern Sri Lanka.
So, I want to know who thought it was a good idea to go digging through Elephant dung in the first place? I mean, sure they lucked out and found a new species, but what were they really expecting to find? What are you looking for when you go digging through a big steaming pile of elephant dung.
:P
"Oh, hey! Frogs! Ok, now who is gonna pick them out.?"
Elephant A: *fart*
Elephant A: Damn frogs
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.