#tw frogs

[unbothered]

Zero out of zero doctors recommend these frog earrings. That's 100% of the doctors we asked.

[sanders-sides-uncorrect-quotes]

AU where each side has a talking animal sidekick that helps and guides them and is kind of like their therapy animal. Janus has a snake, Patton has a frog, Virgil has his spider, etc

(I specifically made this post because I was watching Kiki's Delivery Service and kept imagining Kiki and Jiji as Virgil having a back-and-forth with his moody talking spider)

[funyjuice]

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[ladyfarona]

Despite the gameplay being stale and repetitive I still enjoy Pocket Camp because it's doesn't ask as much of me as a regular Animal Crossing game does. Plus, you can be friends with people who make the coolest profile pictures. Like this!

Frogger reference ftw!

Aaaand you can also be friends with people who make pics like this:

I wish we had a chat feature because I'd love to ask CC here "what the fuck"...

Add me on Pocket Camp if you like!

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[mothnita]

TW!! insects, beetles, frogs

i find it very interesting that Olimar notes in the Piklopedia how the White Pikmin, despite being poisonous beings, do not have a bright or striking colour, rather having their titular hue

it's amazing!! normally, in nature, an animal or a plant that's venomous/poisonous will display vibrant colours to warn other creatures to stay away

this is called Aposematism!

the use of warning colouration in animals and plants to indicate that they are dangerous in one way or another, be it poison, venom or any other kind of threat!!

while yes, white is one of the colours some will display, it usually comes in a striking or eye catching pattern like that of a skunk or a honey badger

but for my main example i'm taking notes from the Poison Dart Frog and Yellow Blister Beetles (yes, they look a lot like Anode Beetles!!!)

the frogs have very bright colouration, ranging from a solid coat of colour, like the Golden Poison Dart Frog, to more intricate patterns like the Amazon Poison Dart Frog

Yellow Blister Beetles have yellow stripes or sometimes spots on their solid black backs, and once crushed or squeezed, they will release toxins

as for plants, i think my best example would be the Nightshade family

but Moth!! there are many poisonous flowers out there with white colouration!!

you are very right! there are! Lilies, Giant Hogweed, Jimson Weed and Water Hemlock to name a few!

however i bring you this: Pikmin, and by extent the Ambuloradicis class, are both stated to exhibit both animal and plant traits, and since they do show more "animal" traits, i decided to give this one characteristic to them

therefore, it would make sense the Pikmin are very brightly coloured! little guys won't go down without a fight!

but White Pikmin?? why not show vibrant colours or eye catching patterns??

and here's where i want to do some fun speculation:

creatures that consume the Pikmin are also prey, yes? the Pikmin coexist with the planet's flora and fauna through the natural cycle of life and death: the Pikmin that are consumed give life to others, produce nutrients and therefore produce more offspring for said bugs; the beings that are hunted by the Pikmin will, in turn, become nutrients for the Onion to produce more seeds

what i'm going for is - the Pikmin and the Creatures need each other to thrive, they consume each other so that they will both live, it creates a balance!

back to the White Pikmin, i think it would make sense that they don't decide to outright present themselves as dangerous: to be consumed by a bug would mean that it would get poisoned and die, therefore becoming another corpse for the Pikmin to feed to their Onion- simple!

however i do see some flaws in this little headcanon: while not very striking, the White Pikmin's body colour makes a nice contrast to their vibrant red eyes and you can even see a hint of purple creeping on their limbs!

maybe there's no special reason for them to be just white, maybe it's just a fun colour!

a hungry Bulborb would no doubt eat the very first tiny carrot in front of it, even if it's got an interesting colour to it!

but this was all just an excuse to ramble about my favourite things: nature and Pikmin!!

edit: added pictures! pretty pictures... :]

[jellysummit]

i saw a frog the other night it’s the little joys in life

[lgbt-tree]

Frog has been acquired

[casuallydyinginthecorner]

Thank you raag for the little friend

@ anyone seeing this here's a little guy

take care of your new lil buddy

[indecisiveavocado]

schrodinger's jew: jews are and are not white until an antisemite makes up their mind about which type of antisemite they want to be.

[aliazen]

"State-of-the-art Prototype"

[dramaism]

A giant tree fell in the forest and no one was around to hear it.

Go Min Si as Yoo Seong Ha The Frog (2024) Official Trailer

[3cosmicfrogs]

oh 12.65 litres of blood clinging to the outside of my body, we're really in it now

[tiredbread]

one tadpole marked as 'released'. It's just you left

[markscherz]

Found your account from one of my mutuals reblogging that one mini frog post, could I learn about some fucked up frogs :D

Everybody is always banging on about Pipa pipa. Nobody is ever talking about how fucked up Hemiphractidae reproduction is

Like, they range from concealed carry, like this Gastrotheca orophylax

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which they achieve with a pouch that has a weird ass opening (lack of hyphenation intentional) (not actually anywhere near the cloaca of the frog) (this has earned them the common name 'marsupial frogs' for a very obvious reason)

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…to open carry, like this Fritziana goeldii

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which hatch out but remain glued on until developing sufficiently, like this Cryptobatrachus boulengeri

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Pretty fucked up, if you ask me.

[electrozeistyking]

These are all over the span of one week. I figured I'd put them in one place instead of posting them like rapid fire.

[womenaremymew]

this photo makes me wanna throw up 😭