June 19, 2007: Purple frog

Undertoad · 06-19-2007, 05:24 PM

When two dwellars submit something you know it's an IotD. Gmr2048 and xoB both found the original at this livejournal entry, via Boing Boing. The Livejournal entry notes:

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This frog is a living fossil. It seems it might have split up from other frogs about 150 million years ago and has not changed much since than. There are no close relatives in terms of species for this frog and the nearest one is in the Seychelles islands. It feels like a big bag of jelly when you hold it in your hand and I must say, its a very strong frog.

We managed to find few pairs of the Purple frogs and we filmed/photographed them from many angles. I think we might be the first ones to have filmed this frog.

Mr. Dalyan Varma appears to be an Indian travel writer/blogger and the blog version of his LJ page is here. Check it out, brilliant photography!

tulzscha · 06-19-2007, 05:35 PM

holy crap! It's my ex-fiancee!

Cloud · 06-19-2007, 05:55 PM

it's kind of a pukey puce color.

I'd rather see a Purple Rain . . . of frogs!

Fa- · 06-19-2007, 06:48 PM

I dont think they are the first, cos when i saw it i instantly recognised it.... i think i saw it on some wild planet or something british wildlife show.

either that or its james, my nextdoor neighbor.

nil_orally · 06-19-2007, 07:11 PM

If it is big bag of jelly, then does one cook it in its skin, or simply use it as a flavouring?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-19-2007, 07:17 PM

I wouldn't even remotely consider that in the edible column. Brrrrr.

artemis05 · 06-20-2007, 01:20 AM

i have no real comment... just an insatiable urge to poke it with a stick

quick! someone get me some m80's!

DanaC · 06-20-2007, 06:34 AM

It looks a bit like the shell-less turtle....

Flint · 06-20-2007, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

It looks a bit like the shell-less turtle....

That was my first thought.

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Not in this thread, I mean, ever. I was born and I thought "It looks a bit like the shell-less turtle...." but it took me years to be able to express that.

ferret88 · 06-20-2007, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nil_orally

If it is big bag of jelly, then does one cook it in its skin, or simply use it as a flavouring?

Perhaps you cut it open and spread it on toast?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-20-2007, 01:02 PM

Mmmm... Jaba Jelly.

Sundae · 06-20-2007, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferret88

Perhaps you cut it open and spread it on toast?

I think that is
the
GRIMMEST
thing

I have EVER read
in the Cellar

excuse the spacing
I can't bear the puking smiley so I had to find another way to express my distress

Cyclefrance · 06-20-2007, 04:30 PM

If Bernard Manning ever gets re-incarnated, odds-on he'll end up as one of these.

Sundae · 06-20-2007, 04:39 PM

I only found out he was dead today.
I'm not glad, because he was a human being with a family after all (unlike Thatcher). But I'm not sorry.

dar512 · 07-03-2007, 11:57 AM

With apologies to Gelett Burgess:

I never saw a purple frog.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.

06-19-2007, 05:55 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it's kind of a pukey puce color. I'd rather see a Purple Rain . . . of frogs! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-19-2007, 07:11 PM	#5
nil_orally Larger than average member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Oz. Posts: 72	If it is big bag of jelly, then does one cook it in its skin, or simply use it as a flavouring? __________________ Waiting for inspiration.....

06-19-2007, 07:17 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wouldn't even remotely consider that in the edible column. Brrrrr. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-20-2007, 01:20 AM	#7
artemis05 feed the fire Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 30	i have no real comment... just an insatiable urge to poke it with a stick quick! someone get me some m80's! __________________ "you can't give up hope just because something is hopeless. you have to hope even more and cover your ears and go 'blah blah blah blah blah'"

06-20-2007, 01:02 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mmmm... Jaba Jelly. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-19-2007, 05:35 PM	#2
tulzscha Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 57	holy crap! It's my ex-fiancee!

06-19-2007, 06:48 PM	#4
Fa- Jotter of Notes Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11	I dont think they are the first, cos when i saw it i instantly recognised it.... i think i saw it on some wild planet or something british wildlife show. either that or its james, my nextdoor neighbor.

06-20-2007, 06:34 AM	#8
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	It looks a bit like the shell-less turtle....

06-20-2007, 04:30 PM	#13
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	If Bernard Manning ever gets re-incarnated, odds-on he'll end up as one of these. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 06-20-2007 at 04:37 PM.

06-20-2007, 04:39 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I only found out he was dead today. I'm not glad, because he was a human being with a family after all (unlike Thatcher). But I'm not sorry.

07-03-2007, 11:57 AM	#15
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	With apologies to Gelett Burgess: I never saw a purple frog. I never hope to see one. But I can tell you anyhow, I'd rather see than be one. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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