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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."

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  1. hrmm by Jesterace · · Score: 1

    All Hail our amphibious elephant dung eating overlords.

    1. Re:hrmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's less scary than "All Hail our amphibious elephant eating dung overlords".

    2. Re:hrmm by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 2, Funny

      All glory to the Hypnotoad

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    3. Re:hrmm by Shikaku · · Score: 1

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    4. Re:hrmm by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 1

      Shit!

    5. Re:hrmm by Joebert · · Score: 1

      All glory to the Hypnoturd

      Fixed that for you.

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  2. Oh! by Rene+S.+Hollan · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, it's not, "Oh, shit!" but rather "Oh! Shit."

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    1. Re:Oh! by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 1

      Also, some of it is bull shit, not bullshit.

    2. Re:Oh! by PopeAlien · · Score: 2, Funny

      Frogs Species Discovered Living In Elephant Dung

      You call that living? ..and now to top it all off they have to deal with paparazzi? What a crappy deal.

      the first time anyone has recorded frogs living in elephant droppings

      There could be a reason for that...

      frogs and Asian elephants, which are in decline.

      So they're BOTH in deep shit?

    3. Re:Oh! by Mr2cents · · Score: 4, Funny

      Reincarnation has created a special place for the neo-conservatives..

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    4. Re:Oh! by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      the first time anyone has recorded frogs living in elephant droppings

      There could be a reason for that...

      I guarantee you that the feces of the Asian Elephant has been studied somewhat intensively, at least on occasion. Apparently, however, it has not also been studied repeatedly... and in situ.

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    5. Re:Oh! by genner · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Frogs Species Discovered Living In Elephant Dung

      You call that living? ..and now to top it all off they have to deal with paparazzi? What a crappy deal.

      the first time anyone has recorded frogs living in elephant droppings

      There could be a reason for that...

      frogs and Asian elephants, which are in decline.

      So they're BOTH in deep shit?

      No actually, the shit is declining too. It should be much deeper.

  3. Oblig Joke by russlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two frogs meet at a bar. One asks the other "Is this stool taken?"

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    1. Re:Oblig Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      Anonymous Coward? Looking above, I see the name 'Anonymous Cowardon'. The coders seem to have missed a space after the variable.

    2. Re:Oblig Joke by russlar · · Score: 1

      I'm sure your girlfriend found this sooo funny.

      Girlfriend? I'm on /., you insensitive clod!

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  4. one word by arnodf · · Score: 1

    yummie

  5. The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka? by atari2600 · · Score: 1

    Someone had to mention it.

  6. Well . . . by arizwebfoot · · Score: 1

    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 . . .

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  7. Oblig. by owlnation · · Score: 4, Funny

    All hail the Coprotoad.

  8. A Fable: The Frog and the Elephant by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

    1. Re:A Fable: The Frog and the Elephant by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 1

      3) If you're warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your big mouth shut!

      That's what all of Walls Street thought ... next thing they knew their warm pile of shit blew up in their faces.

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  9. Go for the big one by Maniacal · · Score: 5, Funny

    If your going to pick a pile of shit to live in, why not go for the mansion.

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  10. Who gives a crap? by northernboy · · Score: 1

    I mean really. They're frogs. Possibly their aesthetics are slightly different from ours?

  11. Dung story next to "World Copyright Summit" story. by moon3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this suppose to be symbolic ?

  12. when they find parasitical vampire frogs by circletimessquare · · Score: 1

    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

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  13. In related news... by Maniacal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...scientists announced today the discovery of 3 species of frogs that have no nostrils

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  14. I smell an Ignoble by smchris · · Score: 1

    "Because it's there." A reminder that you never ask a scientist "why?"

  15. Elephant says to frog: by __aajfby9338 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face.

  16. No, no, no... by denzacar · · Score: 1

    The elephants DONATE the crap. Frogs "give a crap" about the donated crap.

    There, I believe that clears up that question. Next?

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  17. The headline alone... by AlphaOne · · Score: 1

    ...describes my employer pretty accurately.

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  18. Wow... by db32 · · Score: 1

    What a shitty place to live...

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  19. Story summary by pedantic+bore · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any animal whose existence depends on that of the asian elephant is in deep shit.

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  20. Bright Idea? by awarrenfells · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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.

    "Oh, hey! Frogs! Ok, now who is gonna pick them out.?" :P

    1. Re:Bright Idea? by Taibhsear · · Score: 1

      What are you looking for when you go digging through a big steaming pile of elephant dung.

      The wristwatch you lost while taking the elephant's temperature?

  21. Blame by Joebert · · Score: 1

    Elephant A: *fart*
    Elephant A: Damn frogs

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