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Sometimes frogs and toad sounds at night are frightening

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 27 May

Frogs and toads are frightening. Whenever the night is very quite and there are no movements. If there is darkness. In that scenario if one ventures near a pond or waterbody and hears the frog or toad sound it really can make an...

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The rain forests are filled with many amphibians

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 22 Jun

Frogs, toads, lizards, chamelions are common amphibians found in the rain forests. They find both water and land to stay. Seeing a frog on a starry night can make one scared. There are so many different sound in the...

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Toad Hunting (not actual hunting haha)

Star_disgate @star_disgate (911) • Phoenix, Arizona 21 Jun

We had a successful Toad "hunting" night here. We caught (and released) 5 toads tonight. This is just a fun activity my kids and I started doing after we moved. We watch them hop around in the shower and then put them back...

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Fun Wildlife in the Arizona Mountains

Star_disgate @star_disgate (911) • Phoenix, Arizona 20 Jun

I grew up in Arizona and have lived here all my life. I have rarely seen crazy wildlife, such as scorpions and spiders, but recently I moved into an apartment that is right off the mountains off of the Black canyon freeway. We...

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Serious advice wanted!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 23 Oct 19

MyLot is probably not the best first port of call for advice, but I thought I’d ask you anyway – especially those in the UK – because someone out there might happen to have experience of something like this! Quite a few times when...

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Much quieter on the barricades

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 4 Mar 19

After our night of frenzied activity on the toad crossing, things have been considerably quieter. The next night we found fewer than 20 toads all together, in contrast to the final total of over 700 creatures the night before. The...

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Toad bonanza!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 1 Mar 19

For the past couple of weeks the toad patrol have been out every evening, watching for toads emerging from their winter sleep and heading over to the breeding ponds. The weather has certainly been warm enough (warmest February on...

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It’s that time again!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 20 Feb 19

Some of you have probably read my posts before about the ‘Toad Patrol’. Every spring toads wake up from hibernation in the woods and make their way to their traditional breeding ponds, which are unfortunately the other side of a...

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Toading time again!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 28 Mar 18

It’s that time of year again – some of you may remember that I’ve written before about the toad patrol. A busy road passes through some local woods, cutting off the woodland where many toads hibernate from the deep ponds where...

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Tadpoles for pets

Transcend Tranquil @transcendtranquil (39) 30 Apr 17

I found out that one puddle in our neighborhood is going to be dried out because of a hot weather; a problem that is a problem only to me. That puddle is completely 'infected' with the tadpoles, but they won't have time enough...

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A village called 'unsafe road'

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381804) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Mar 17

Fleur (@Fleura) posted about her volunteer work 'rescuing' toads and getting them safely across roads and into nearby wetlands and ponds. Then @MALUSE commented that there are signs in her area in Germany warning motorists of the...

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It's that time again!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 18 Mar 17

Spring is here and that means it’s time for the toad patrol again. Last year I found out about this scheme, organised by the charity Froglife http://www.froglife.org/, which helps to save toads from being squashed at places where...

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How About Some Animal Trivia?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 19 Dec 16

I’m really studying my trivia notebooks this week, as you can tell, if you’ve been following my posts. I’m getting ready for “Jeopardy Night” at my son’s house later this month. I keep explaining that because I don’t know who...

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An unwanted lodger

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 11 Sep 16

I recently received some very good advice when reading through my notifications. Basically you were suggesting that I took a little exercise from time to time for the sake of my health. So today I decided to take the advice and...

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Toad patrol!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 25 Mar 16

A couple of weeks ago I signed up for a local ‘Toads on the roads’ scheme after seeing a poster asking for helpers. There is a nationwide scheme broadly organised by the charity Froglife, but basically everything comes down to one...

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Got some new exotic pets

poppoppop111 @poppoppop111 (5731) • Canada 1 Jan 13

Got a turtle and two fire belly toads last week. They are so cute. Do you have exotic pets.

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endangered frogs to get extinct soon

ajaygupta @ajaygupta (168) • India 21 Apr 10

Scientists after a research conclude that the upcoming changes in the climate,environment may lead to the end of Frogs. They are towards extinction. Studying the reproduction of the species the researchers said that the records...

My new friends......

polachicago @polachicago (18716) • United States 17 Aug 09

I love my new friends on my yard. I have at least 4 toads living on my yard. One is quite big, one medium size and 2 miniatures. Small toads are very small. One is black and is less than one inch long, second is light brown and is...

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Frogs or toads...?

polachicago @polachicago (18716) • United States 15 Jul 09

I have new visitors in my garden. hard to tell if I have frogs or toads. I moved 4 of them away from my yard to protect my dogs from frogs(toads) and frogs (toads) from my dogs. They are back!!!! I am afraid, because toads have...

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what can you guys say about toads?

richard140521 @richard140521 (24) • Philippines 31 Oct 07

what can you guys say about toads?

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