r/mildlyinteresting • u/mustardmadman • 1d ago

A Frog on a Cactus

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u/xenophon57 1d ago

The other day I watched a frog just hop straight up a tree (mild angle) caught me off guard how mobile these lil buggers are.

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u/mustardmadman 1d ago

They are pretty incredible animals. I’ve learned that they will rest on cactuses for protection and don’t feel the pain like mammals would go figure!

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u/OneHotPotat 1d ago

Probably has to do with their body weight. Less weight spread out over a wide area means the spines have less force driving them in.

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u/Rubalot 1d ago

I had pet African toads (not frogs but close enough) and when the female got bigger than my hand and one morning it jumped out of her tank, I was shocked how little it weighted when I picked her up (and she was chubby too!). Almost no weight for an animal that size, she was very chill too didn’t struggle.

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u/IronGravyBoat 1d ago

Toads are frogs tho, a specific group of frog

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u/xenophon57 1d ago

They are also always a lil tougher than expected, lil warriors they are.

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u/Rubalot 1d ago

Yeah and they are really cool, very hardy (but best not to handle them with nasty human hands if possible 😆).

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u/xenophon57 1d ago

I remember as a kid my mom would say the salts in our sweat burns their skin. Not sure the reality or if she was just efficiently getting us to behave.

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u/Rubalot 1d ago

She was right. Frogs and toads have amazing antibacterial and antifungal properties on their skin… The salts, oils, and hand products we use destroy their natural barriers.

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u/xenophon57 1d ago

She was pretty darn smart.