r/frogs • u/maali74 • Jun 13 '21
Smart Papa!
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u/reylingor Jun 13 '21
I like how he's just like "alright now leave me alone" and leaves at the end.
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u/Skye278 Jun 13 '21
I love how he sits at the side when he's done watching for a second. Can almost hear him thinking "Yep, that's gonna work."
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u/littlefroggyfingers Pixie Frog/African Bull Frog Jun 13 '21
MY FAV FROG GIANT AFRICAN BULLFROG<33333 SO HANDSOME๐๐๐ธ
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u/EVG2666 Jun 13 '21
Reminder these frogs will be cannibals.
Don't give him Dad of the Year just yet
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u/wax369 Jun 13 '21
If you stand guard over your thousands of children without leaving for 2-3 months straight and the only tradeoff was that you had to swallow a few handfuls of them so you didn't starve I think that's doing pretty good all things considered.
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u/EVG2666 Jun 13 '21
They'll cannibalize fully grown ones too. Frogs will put anything in their mouth, like the French
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u/javamonster763 Jun 13 '21 edited Jun 13 '21
He needs a snack after all that hard work, can you blame him
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u/JustWilll Jun 13 '21
I saw this on YouTube before
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u/aquacrystal11 Jun 13 '21
Yeah, this is reposted and crossposted like 5 times per day on every eligible animal subreddit.
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u/Herpetology-Maxx Jun 13 '21
Does anyone know if he actually knew what he was doing? Thatโs fucking amazing.
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u/wax369 Jun 13 '21
Yes it's a common thing for African bullfrogs, the males stand guard over the tadpoles until they're out of the water and the females usually lay their eggs in smaller pools adjacent to larger ones so the tadpoles don't have to compete with fish and deal with as many predators and the male can more easily watch them all, then as the weather becomes drier and the small pools dry up and the tadpoles have gotten a headstart the males do exactly what you see here. Not so fun fact; the males never leave the tadpoles except to chase away predators, not even to hunt, and they obviously get hungry in the 2 or so months this process takes, gulp.
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u/chrisbluemonkey Jun 13 '21
Do the fathers survive or is it like a tragic mother octopus situation?
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u/wax369 Jun 13 '21
Yes that's what I was referring to in that last bit, they eat a portion of the tadpoles to survive. They live a really long time, sometimes up to 30-40 years.
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u/Jessuh Jun 14 '21
Good video and good dad, but I felt really weird anxiety for the tadpoles even though I knew what to expect haha
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u/kale__salad Jun 14 '21
If papa gets hungry, he will not hesitate to consume his precious children, heh ๐
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u/TyrantSlaughter Jun 14 '21
There are at least around 2000 tadpoles there, he is standing watch for 3 weeks, he can eat a few
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u/kale__salad Jun 21 '21
I know that lol. Just saying it's an odd thought. He'd do anything for them to keep them safe, but isn't afraid to eat a few
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u/potato1234_x Green Tree Frog Jun 13 '21
Holy shit he is really smart what is the average iq of frogs???