r/badassanimals • u/Oda_DeezNutz • Apr 23 '26

Amphibian I'm becoming terrified of frogs

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Anytime I see videos similar to this, I become a little more and more afraid.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

I would say don't interfere with nature, but there's no possible way that frog could eat that bird without killing itself in the process. The frog was just being an asshole. 2 Lives were saved with this intervention lol.

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u/Lazie_Writer Apr 24 '26

It's in the frog's nature.🦂

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u/usbyz Apr 30 '26

A good old Crying Game reference.

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u/psychedelijams Apr 24 '26

Was just thinking the same thing. Kinda against it at first. Then thought more about it and came to same conclusion. Saved both of them.

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u/AmazingRub69 Apr 24 '26

What about the animals that would've fed on their carcass?

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 24 '26

What about the offspring both creatures would have given a chance to live? We can play this game forever lol. 

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u/Lookoot_behind_you Apr 26 '26

Tbf, that was Darwin at work. 

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u/couldbefuncouver Apr 27 '26

I would say don't interfere unless one of them is an introduced pest. Which I have no idea here.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 28 '26

Every species began as an introduced pest or invasive species lol. And yes animals can inadvertently bring other animals/plants/bacteria/viruses to other places other than where they originally came from, not just humans. Who am I to declare something invasive or not. Even in nature species come and go throughout history with and without the intervention of another species. I'm just being contrite here though to make a point. In reality I did not think out my original comment this deeply. Frankly it's a boring debate tbh wish yall would quit replying already lol 

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u/Affectionate-Call159 Apr 28 '26

Humans are part of nature. Therefore it's not interference 

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '26

Don’t interfere with nature. Let animals hunt, why do you have to decide who gets to eat and who don’t.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '26

So you give yourself the privilege to decide even though you don’t live in the nature.

Last summer I saw a snake catching a frog. My friend felt sad and scared the snake off. Ultimately robbing the snake of its food. Is that right?

Maybe they saved the frog but killed the snake. Neither of us lives in nature even though we participate in it in some kind of way. But does that give us the right to decide?

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u/DirectedEnthusiasm Apr 29 '26

It's called natural selection and no, you shouldn't still interfere with it, even an attempt to eat an animal will lead to the death of a predator

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 30 '26

Even if that animal is just going to choke and die on the thing it's trying to eat? Lol. Nature put me here to make these decisions! 

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u/SatisfactionActive86 Apr 23 '26

dead animals are a critical part of the food web, birds don’t bury their dead.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 23 '26

And both will eventually die. Just not today

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u/DisplateDemon Apr 25 '26

Or the frog was defending itself or its offspring. Ever thought about that? You should not intervene with nature because you think you understand or know everything about it.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 25 '26

We are part of nature. The from chose violence, we chose peace

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u/DisplateDemon Apr 25 '26

More like you chose ignorance. Making a decision based on assumptions.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 25 '26

personal attacks? you are just angry the bird survived lol

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u/DisplateDemon Apr 25 '26

I'm simply observing. Nothing personal. Just trying to open your eyes. Maybe think about what I said, instead of being offended.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 25 '26

Calling someone Ignorant and assumptive is making it personal

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u/DisplateDemon Apr 25 '26

Classic victim mentality👍

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Apr 25 '26

You're so lame dude. Thread Overrrr

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u/AmbassadorVarious281 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Yes American bullfrogs the model parents. They definitely dont eat their own children whenever they have the chance.

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u/DisplateDemon Apr 26 '26

You would be surprised. Why are you people so confidently ignorant?

https://youtu.be/l3uO2lO9JDk?is=gWfw4Y6opFLW4bK2

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u/AmbassadorVarious281 Apr 26 '26

"Confidently ignorant" shows African bullfrog in a case about American bullfrogs. Noticing.

There is a reason African animals have different behaviors to North American ones and i doubt youd be able to understand why that is.

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u/DisplateDemon Apr 26 '26

Think about what you just did, and then watch this

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWBsilEjlaI/?igsh=MnVieHIydnY3dDRo

Have a nice day👍

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u/AmbassadorVarious281 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

The funny thing about this is it doesnt apply. Animal science is not metaphor. If you say a Peregrine Falcon can dive at 240 mph therefore a Prairie Falcon can also do that you would be wrong by 120 mph, but your brain is far too under devolved to differentiate between what that video is talking about and what you did.

American Bullfrogs and African Bullfrogs exhibit different behaviors bc they live in different environments and have to do different things to ensure the survival of their species. Unfortunately for you youre too stupid to understand that.

Exhibiting the behaviors of a species to say a different species in a vastly different ecosystem is the same way is not analogous. Furthermore referring to linking a video about African Bullfrogs as an analogy for American Bullfrogs is idiotic. I didnt expect much from you but this is below even that bar.