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Frog Species Discovered Living In Elephant Dung

Posted by samzenpus on from the I've-lived-in-worse-places dept.

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. 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 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?

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

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

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    3. 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.

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

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

  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.

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

    All hail the Coprotoad.

  5. 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

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

    Is this suppose to be symbolic ?

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

    All glory to the Hypnotoad

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

    Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face.

  11. 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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  12. 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