In the market for a new centerpiece for Spring? So were we. And here you are.
You know you want one. Admit it.
What is it? I’m so glad you asked.
Yeah. They’re bullfrogs. Because it’s me.
New pillows? New centerpiece?Just call me Martha Stewart.
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Conservation note: These are captive bred and will not be re-released. It’s illegal here to take animals out of the wild, and there’s a fatal fungus that can be transmitted to wild populations if they are released into a local pond.
Becoming Cliche 
My son would claw his way through this screen to get one of those. Had to talk him down from a big ol’ ledge at the toy store recently when he wanted to spend lots of cash for a kit where you send away for tadpoles and raise them in the flimsiest of plastic containers.
That bullfrog is going to be huge!
Not worth the money, in my opinion. A visit to a pond shop and an aquarium are a better route.
We have a big tank to put them in when they are frogs. My son is taking them to school until they become frogs.
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And now you want to decorate with tadpoles, too, right? 😀
Think you should use Martha Stewart as one of your tags, you ooze homemaking charms 😀
See, I thought so, too!
I love to hear the bullfrogs singing down on the pond.
I do, too. They sound like light sabers!
Bring on the frogs! They are my favorite. Except when they start calling to each other right outside my window at 3AM. That is no bueno.
With my luck, these are all males and will court one another diligently for three months at a time. Zhhooooom! Zhhhoooom!
A billion times more interesting than a fruit bowl.
I think so, too!
Love frogs! Really enjoy hearing them at night… so beautiful!
I do, too. Toads are my favorite. Don’t tell my tadpoles, though.
As a kid I collected tadpoles, and then would release them… sometimes, we even got to see them sprout legs… SO coooolio!
Oh no. It ain’t for everyone.
You know you want some of your own. You KNOW you do!
I’ll just go ahead and show my ignorance: Do those things croak all night long?
Only if they happen to be boys. Their call isn’t shrill. It sounds like a light saber.
Hee, lightsaber noises. Like the frogs I used to have that sounded like slinkies. You’re so cool.
We have the native ones here and soon they will start calling i guess, still want a turtle though. c
The spring peepers already are. They are active about 35 degrees. I heard some chorus frogs calling in when it was SNOWING!
Do i get peepers here, in mid illinois? I need to work out which sounds they are, certainly nothing yet though.. c
You do have them there! Listen to their call here. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/3498
I imagine your house as Amy’s House of Wonder. Frogs! Snakes! Adorable kiddos! I think if I were to visit, my head would explode with awesomeness.
My centerpiece at the moment is piles and piles of junk mail. I think yours wins.
Aren’t bullfrogs loud? So you have a musical centerpiece?
They won’t make any noise for a year or so, and by then they move to their big cage downstairs!
OK, so how do your have a conversation in this room? Does everyone lean on an edge of the aquarium? Or do you duck & look through the glass at the person on the other side of the room?
The beauty of it is that we talked about the tadpoles, so it made sense to look at the tank!
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I was kind of hoping to take our local farmer up on his offer for my centerpiece; he’s advertising “Free poop–take as much as you want” on the side of his barn. I’m thinking decorative bucket, cow poop–voila! Now it’s spring.
Invite me over for dinner! You are brilliant!
Becoming Cliché,
Love!!! Let me repeat this: LOVE.
I am an avid frog hobbyist. I even owned my own frog forum for awhile (Amphibian Network). We used to have around 10 vivariums, with 7 species of frogs. But we’re now just keeping dart frogs, and my fave species, Phyllobates terribilis. Love, I said.
Le Clown
We have had spadefoot toads, Southern toads an African bullfrog and an Argentine horned frog. One day I will be brave enough to venture into the world of frogs that cost more than $30 each! If you ever post pics of your frogs, link me to them so I can share them with EVERYONE!
BC,
Here’s an old one I wrote… http://clownonfire.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/frogs/
Le Clown
Ohhh…I do envy you, Used to catch what I thought were tadpoles down at a construction site in Taiwan growing up. After a few days, like any 8 year old, I promptly forgot I had a bucket full of “tadpoles” in the bathroom. Then, we were infested with mosquitoes. When my parents found out… well, let’s just say there’s a reason why I didn’t get a pet till I was 16.
I did that once. My mom has since forgotten, and I am so glad!