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Published: 2007-07-10 12:48:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 659; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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This big fella was floating in a pond atop a bed of something that looked like moss. He showed no signs of fear when I snapped his picture and seemed to be enjoying the cool water.Related content
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Thank you very much! I 
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I like 'em, too...they're a lot cuter than some people think. Glad you like the photo, and thanks for the 
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Thank you, Rock. He looks so cool, so relaxed, doesn't he?
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Thanks, Barbara. Isn't he a beauty? I love how frogs always seem to be smiling and having a good time in the pond...despite appearances to the contrary, their lives are perilous, though. I saw a big, black bird trying to gobble them up when I was taking pictures...he was going for the little ones. Ugh!
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You probably saved some lives while you were there
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This is a wonderful shot,
and indeed he does look relaxed and at home there on top of the pond weeds.
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Thank you for the nice compliment. Hee hee, frogs can teach us how to chill....I was calmed just by looking at them.
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motionless
- frog on a lilly pad
minus the fly
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Thank you very much!
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He looks happy, but I would be happy in cool water too.
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So would I! But in a nice, clean pond....not one that is full of algae, moss, and animal stuff. I wish we had nice clean ponds around here, but we don't...*sigh*
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Thank you! I love frogs...but everyone must know this by now. This guy was one of the few frogs that was not particularly afraid of me. The others jumped in and hid, though.
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They are a contented lot, but have to be on the watch for larger birds; I noticed a blackbird snarfing them up the other day!
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It is awful to see that in person. I accidentally got a blurry image of what that bird was doing! Nature is very violent at times.
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Yes, I see that kind of thing on occasion. Brings you right back down to earth.
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Thank you. Frogs are usually shy and hide from me, but a few were bold and stayed right where they were. They kept watching me, though.
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I like how he looks brown in the water and green above the water and then he looks as if he has some striping, very cool looking frog there. And I think anyone would be enjoying a soak in a pond when it's been so dang hot 
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Thank you, Lori. I think their coloring is like that...they do seem to have greenish-brown backs and legs, but lots of green on their faces. The wee ones seem to be all brownish-green. They really looked happy floating in that nice cool water! I felt like jumping in, except things were muddy and icky.
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Most welcome Jean
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I strongly suspect there is a lot of duck and frog stuff at the bottom... ugh.
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ewwwww, you're right, who wants to float in that stuff
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Isn't he a beauty? I think frogs are beautiful creatures...maybe I'm nuts, but I love to look at them.
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Aww no, you're definitely not nuts Jean, I love them too, I think they are beautiful creatures
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Well, I'm sure glad there's at least one other person who agrees with me!
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Thanks very much for the comment and
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They're the best! I'm glad we don't have snow, though. A few years ago, I got tired of it.....it's so hard to shovel!
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Aren't they though? I love frogs...I can't get enough pictures of them. They are SO cool!
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I think about why I like them and I have come up with this: Besides being cute and making fun noises at night, it is possible to catch one with your hand and look at it up close. They don't claw you or bite to try to get away. They just wait for an opportunity to jump. They have no defenses other than their color and leaping speed and they never hurt a ... well maybe a fly. lol. I don't live where the poison ones are so I don't know about them.
Frogs are also an indicator of the state of the enviroment!
In all honesty, when I was a kid, we lived on a lake and used to catch and eat them, omg they were so delcious. (Getting them at a restaraunt is entirely different and not worth the bother. Boring and tastless). Many years ago, I decided to catch some and show my husband and kids how good they were. But wait! Don't hate me! I barely got thru the process and I got sick at the thought afterwards. I have been frog free for 20 years.
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Hey! I don't hate anyone for eating frogs. I would rather they wouldn't, but to each his own, as they say. I ate fried frog legs many years ago (bought them in the grocery store), but they were kind of dry and stringy. Now I realize frogs are disappearing, so I only take their pictures. They are truly wonderful critters and bring joy to me and loads of other people. I used to hold them in my hand when i was a kid, and they never tried to bite, but they did pee once in awhile! So did turtles....that's the way it was being a kid back in the 50s!
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yes, I just wanted you to know I was 'reformed' in way less than 12 steps lol.
I have a frog in my scraps and my daughter just photo'd one this week which is in her gallery. She told me about the environment club. I wanted to save the world once, now she does. Hope she can do it.
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I still want to help save it if I can. I don't have kids, but I want to leave the world in the best shape that I can.
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