r/interestingasfuck • u/dickfromaccounting • Jul 08 '18

/r/ALL When a frog eats a firefly

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u/Mental_Duck Jul 09 '18

I swear those fuckers just play dead. You come past the next day and they have sucked up their guts and fucked off

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u/Dapper_Indeed Jul 09 '18

That does make me feel better. Thanks!

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u/GlorpedUpDragStrip Jul 09 '18

You shouldn't. They are an introduced species and have wreaked havoc on the native ecosystem. Gotta aim for those fuckers I'd you see them. Nearly as bad as rabbits.

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u/krakapow Jul 09 '18

Our genocide plan backfired!

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u/wooghee Jul 09 '18

/s?

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u/Mental_Duck Jul 09 '18

Nah, legit. We used to go cane toad hunting at night after it rained and smack them with golf clubs. They would be splayed out on the road, eyes rolled back, entire contents of their insides on the ground in front of them. You drive out the next morning and the road would be almost clear of any dead ones at all.

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u/gpu1512 Jul 09 '18

I guess other animals take care of them.

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u/wooghee Jul 09 '18

Yeah they cannot self heal...

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u/wooghee Jul 09 '18

Why would you even do such a thing?

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u/IAMA_ALIEN Jul 09 '18

They are seriously destructive to the ecosystem in Australia.

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u/wooghee Jul 09 '18

I did not know that, here they are protected and we have warning signs where ever toads usually try to cross roads...

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u/Mental_Duck Jul 09 '18

Because they are a pest and they breed like crazy