Alex at Neatorama found this hilarious photo and tipped us off about National Geographic’s Daily Dozen. Here’s the story from photographer James Snyder:
This is a Cuban tree frog on a tree in my backyard in southern Florida. How and why he ate this light is a mystery. It should be noted that at the time I was taking this photo, I thought this frog was dead having cooked himself from the inside. I’m happy to say I was wrong. After a few shots he adjusted his position. So after I was finished shooting him, I pulled the light out of his mouth and he was fine. Actually, I might be crazy but I don’t think he was very happy when I took his light away.
Ridiculous! In any case, I didn’t know much about the Daily Dozen, but now it’s officially part of my weekly routine. It’s a wonderful gallery of reader photos edited by the very talented Susan Welchman. The best of the bunch will even make it into the magazine! Check it out here. Link via the always delightful Neatorama.Â
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Ok, my theory on this is that because frogs are cold-blooded, and look for sources of warmth (e.g., when they sun themselves on a rock), this guy was attracted to the heat radiating from the bulb.
People with actual science knowledge, feel free to contradict me. :)
posted by Emily on 4-5-2009 at 1:43 pm
For even more fun, NG makes Flash games out of the Daily Dozen. You can do jigsaw puzzles, play a match game, or do slide puzzles. Fun little time wasters all!
posted by Kathy on 4-5-2009 at 2:10 pm
My first thought was that the frog thought he was eating a firefly.
posted by Laura on 4-5-2009 at 2:26 pm
I had the same thought as Emily. Was it a cool night?
posted by sysmg on 4-6-2009 at 10:13 am
Reminds me of when I was a kid. We used to catch frogs then put lightning bugs (fireflys) in the bucket with them. They would eat them and then their bellies would keep blinking as the bugs kept lighting up. We thought it was hilarious.
posted by crocostimpy on 4-6-2009 at 1:10 pm