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Pictured: The Glowing Frog Who Wanted a Light Snack and Swallowed a Christmas Bulb


Offbeat  (tags: cuban frog, hungry, ate light globe, insect hunting )

Simone
- 1334 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
In an ultimate case of crossed wires, a tiny tree frog's bug-catching antics left it with a bellyful of bulb. The Cuban tree frog took on an unnatural glow when it swallowed an entire fairy light in a botched bid to catch an insect. The unlucky



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Gorilly Girl (339)
Monday September 28, 2009, 11:03 am
Oh goodness did anyone help him out?????
 

Cheree M. (248)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 1:26 am
Wow. Yeah, Did he get help??Thanks Simone.
 

Tierney G. (387)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 7:29 am
Luckily the guy taking the pictures saves the little froggy and he lost his glow!! He was ok!
Thanks Cher
 

Mathew Wallace Doing my PhD (1139)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 8:02 am
Great story with a decent ending !! It just shows how vulnerable animals are when they are in close proximity with the human species and their activities.
 

Gorilly Girl (339)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 8:07 am
Oh thank goodness....I wsa kinda afraid that they left him there...

Gorilly
 

Betsy Bee (1369)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 9:07 am
Poor baby. This will surely kill him. How sad. Thanks Simone for the news, although it is most unpleasant.
 

Alexandra M. (50)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 10:47 am
Folks -you should read the entire story....The photographer took some pics...and then he gently pulled the bulb out of the frogs' mouth....since it was still attatched to the wire...the frog is FINE!! AND, HES MY HERO FOR TAKING TIME OUT TO SAVE THE FROG!! LOVE YOU, MUAH!!xoxoxo Activist Alexandra Marcella Manolesco-Ami!!
 

Elaine Robinson (128)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 11:22 am
GLAD FROG WAS RESCUED - NASTY EXPERIENCE FOR THE DARLING
 

Rhonda Maness (599)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 12:43 pm
That was a great story with a wonderful ending.
Thanks Simone
 

JL W. (246)
Tuesday September 29, 2009, 3:52 pm
Every time I think I've seen every thing . . . . here comes a glowing frog all lit up from a swallowed up light bulb. It's great that the guy saved the frog!!
 

Shirley S. (121)
Wednesday September 30, 2009, 12:52 am
Sounds like one lucky frog.
 

mary f. (149)
Thursday October 1, 2009, 1:26 am
thanks simone glad he was o k
 
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