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Researchers have discovered a new species of frog in Borneo which only grows to the size of a pea.

“Sure,” you say, holding out your hands

I plop this into your arms.

“hold him like a baby, he’s heavy” I instruct you

“what,” you mutter “the fuck.”

congratulations, you have  been forcibly introduced to the African Bullfrog, also 

known in pet-owner circles as the Pixie Frog.

look at his little hands!

while they are indeed adorable, the nickname actually derives from the scientific name of the species (pyxicephalus adspersus), and not any positive qualities they possess. 

hoo boy they don’t have many of those, lemme tell you

found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, the Pixie Frog lives in wet areas where they eat pretty much anything they can fit into those ginormous mouths. (this includes fish, other frogs, bugs, snakes, lizards, other frogs, rodents, unattentive birds, other frogs, and probably you too if you hold still long enough)

this is a creature born with neither fear nor conscience

and it’s no idle threat either, because Pixie Frogs can grow to 10 inches long, which is well within ‘unreasonably huge’ for an amphibian. also, unlike most frogs, Pixie Frogs have fucking teeth

ALL THE BETTER TO EAT YOU WITH, MY DEARRRRR

in spite of all of this, Pixie Frogs remain popular pet animals, possibly because they will allow you to pick them up and carry them around like a newborn.

and we can respect that.

she has four of them and they’re named after her grandchildren

also you forgot that they’re one of few frog species in which the male is larger than the female so in amplexus they look like this

haha frog stack

To hold something like a baby, you must really hold it like a scared puppy, which is like This:

CAUTION CONTENTS HOT

A Crucifix Frog taps her tootsies.

These fidgety feet attract the attention of insect prey in a ruse known as pedal luring.

you’ve met handsome roundboy, now we introducing…. 

His Royal Flatness, mexican burrowing toad!

SO FLAT! i am swooning

a face of a king

perfect is he body

i trust him

I love him

beautiful smile of toad

he know you love him too!

in he come for a kiss!

A large frog that lived 68 million years ago was capable of eating small dinosaurs and had a bite as powerful as a wolf or female tiger, researchers have found.

Scientists studying the bite force of a similar genus that lives today — the horned frog of South America — collaborated with a team of paleontologists to determine that the ancient Beelzebufo frog could have preyed on early crocodilians and small non-avian dinosaurs.

Their findings have been reported in a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.