According to Florida Today, Michelle Arndt of Palm Bay, Florida woman claims she found the head of a frog in her Caesar and dressing with fried chicken strips last week.
She said she found the front half of the frog after eating about half of the salad:
“I think it’s totally disgusting,” she said. “Where is […]
Since Russel’s post today, it has occurred to me that I might want more photographic evidence of the abuse of our rivers and streams. This might inspire MfE’s Mighty Mallard to actually follow through on his promise to get tough on consent abuse, be it rural or urban.
If you’ve got photos, send them to frogblog […]
The numbers are in. And they show that transit-oriented development really does get people out of their cars.
A new study of 17 different transit-oriented developments in four metropolitan areas showed that they generated only about half as many car trips as the standard planning reference guide predicts.
It’s research with potential for major impact on the […]
There are a lot of farmers doing the right thing fencing off streams and planting the margins. But there is still a long way to go. This vid was shot in the northern Wairarapa:
This story from the Press Association will confirm what regular readers already know - frogs can communicate and ride bikes:
A pet frog can ride toy motorbikes and also predict winning lottery numbers, according to her Thai owner.
Tongsai Boommrungtai, 52, said she came across the frog outside her house in a province in the north-east of […]
Victorian Planning Minister Justin Madden wanted to build a 70 kilometre water pipeway from the Goulburn Valley into Melbourne. To help this process along he decided not to ask for an Environmental Effects Statement on the pipeline last December.
This seemed like it would be bad news for several endangered species including a striped legless […]
Zimbabwean President turn dictator, Robert Mugabe, has compared his presidential rival to a frog. Apparently he meant this in a slanderous way rather than as an endorsement.
The frog-like Simba Makoni, who was the former finance minister from Mugabe’s own Zanu PF party, is seeking to contest the presidency with Mugabe. Mugabe will also face a […]
This month’s Otago University Magazine [currently offline] asks why should we care if all four of New Zealand’s native frogs are among the top ten globally endangered and evolutionarily distinct amphibians in the world?
As one of the chief predators of insects, as well as prey to other animals, amphibians are a vital link […]