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Undertoad 06-19-2007 05:24 PM
June 19, 2007: Purple frog
 
http://cellar.org/2007/purple_frog_front.jpg

http://cellar.org/2007/purple_frog3.jpg

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:
Quote:
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
Quote:
Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 357145)
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 (Post 356995)
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 (Post 357219)
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.


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