Thursday, April 27, 2006
4/27/2006 01:55:00 PM

Red Frog on the Window

posted by FH2o


As we were clearing the plates after dinner, my wife noticed that there was a small frog outside sticking to the dining room window. My son took a closer look and said that it was a red frog and as I grabbed my camera to photograph it (what else to do?), he cautioned me that it is poisonous as in general, he explained that poison frogs are very brightly coloured. This bright coloration is apparently a warning to potential predators that the frogs carry very nasty toxins. These toxins are so nasty and so novel, in fact, that they have attracted the attention of a host of biochemists worldwide, who are interested in figuring out how they work, and whether they might have practical uses for human medicine. Hmmm he must have done a school project on them!

Here are a few of the shots I took of this cute little red frog. For those of you living in high-rise apartment blocks – eat your hearts out! Bet you don't see things like this outside your windows everyday!

Is it really poisonous? I didn’t really want to find out! Would anyone of you happen to know?

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  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger Robin said:

haha,, eat your heart out? frog leg soup?

Yes, living in Kuching is like watching Animal Planet and Discovery Channel.

TH2o is probably refering to Dendrobates pumilio. This is a small 18 - 24mm poison-arrow frog which lives in the lush rainforests of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá and its neighbouring islands.

Doesn't look like the one outside, so dun worry. (that's doesn't mean you can photograph-it-and-cook-it like some other bloggers)

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger Happysurfer said:

Nice froggie. He might be some prince charming under the spell of a wicked witch.

Nice colour, like a cooked crab or prawn. hehe.....

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger FH2O said:

robin - my taste buds do not extend to frogs lah ...

happy - who would dare to kiss a poisonous frog fo find out!
n why are u always thinking of food! ;)
but it does have the same colour as cooked crabs or prawns! delicious!

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger cynical-idealist said:

That's so pretty! Er, better assume the worst if you don't know if it's poisonous. Did you let it go in the end?

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger Wuching said:

OMG! u painted kermit!

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger FH2O said:

cynical-idealist - hi! d model eventually hopped away into the surrounding vegetations after getting all that unwanted attention from a sakai unker!

wuching - very 'funny'! ha ha! ;)

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger Happysurfer said:

Oops! But thinking about food is better than thinking about other objects, right or not?

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger Chen said:

red coloured frog !!
Luckily the frog didn't hop over & kiss u :D

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger IML said:

Most probably your son is right. It is poisonous but looks sooooo...cute.

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger piffles said:

fooh~ ... what a glamour shot =)

  At Thursday, 27 April, 2006 Blogger a^ben said:

unker.. ur house memang apa barang also have hor.. that time the big green cicak.. now the ang ang frog? aiduhai~ :P

  At Friday, 28 April, 2006 Blogger slurp! said:

gosh! what a beauty! It sure looks close to tomato frog to me. cheers!
http://www.hilozoo.com/animals/AO_t_frog.htm

  At Friday, 28 April, 2006 Blogger YD said:

How come I never get red froggy one, but alwys get the pimpled-guy...??

so what happened to the red guy now??

awaiting further observations. hehe.. ^_^

  At Friday, 28 April, 2006 Blogger Robin said:

yd.. the pimpled one is a toad!

Buahahaha.. dun u dare kiss it or else the witch will come out.

  At Friday, 28 April, 2006 Blogger FH2O said:

Hi Lovely Gals! - If u kiss d red frog ...

... *ka-booom!!* it'll turn into Robin wearing nothing but his RED CK underwear!

heehee ;)

  At Friday, 28 April, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said:

hehehe... robin, i know the pimpled one is a toad! but can't get anything better than that... sigh sigh

haha at first i thought by kissing it we become some PINK frog, but now unker's explanation is logical, robin in red seems more possible and much more interesting! :-P

  At Friday, 28 April, 2006 Blogger YD said:

eh?? what happen to my identity??

by the way, i'm the Anon above. blur d..


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