Random thought thread!

For an after-dinner snack?

LOL No, that’s how you’re supposed to deal with them.

http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/cuban_treefrog_inFL.shtml

What Can You Do?
If you find a Cuban Treefrog at your house, check the Cuban Treefrog range map and report sightings in new areas. Most importantly, you can also help by managing Cuban Treefrogs around your home. Capture Cuban Treefrogs in a plastic bag to avoid contact with the ‘slime’ secreted by their skin – it can irritate your nose and eyes, and may trigger attacks in asthma sufferers. After you capture the frog, we recommend that you euthanize them humanely – in fact, it is illegal (and irresponsible) to re-release them into our ecosystem. The most humane way to euthanize Cuban Treefrogs is by liberally applying benzocaine (20%) to the back or belly of the frog. At your local drugstore, you can find a variety of products containing 20% benzocaine – first aid or burn sprays and toothache gels or liquids. After you apply the benzocaine, the Cuban Treefrog will quickly become unconscious. Next, seal the plastic bag and put it into the freezer overnight. By the next day, you can be sure that the Cuban Treefrog will not wake up (which would be inhumane), and can dispose of the bag.

At this point, it is important to note that the Cuban Treefrog IS an interesting creature. Amazing adaptations help them avoid drying out or being eaten by predators – the irritating skin secretions are a great example of this. Unfortunately, human activities have resulted in the accidental introduction of Cuban Treefrogs in Florida and other tropical and subtropical areas. Every day, we receive reports of Cuban Treefrogs found in ornamental plants – some as far away as Canada! In Florida, the presence of this frog is NOT benign – they are quite literally eating our native species alive, adding pressure to species that are already greatly affected by habitat loss. It is for these reasons that we advocate humanely euthanizing invasive Cuban Treefrogs – help give our native wildlife a break!

But sure, deep frying them and serving them with a nice salsa can work too.

j/k don’t do that

That’s a lot of work to kill a frog.

You’re in Florida right? Must be hungry snakes and gators all over the place. Problem solved!

You would think, right?

IIRC, the damn things have slime which is an irritant to most animals so I think they have a bit of an unfair advantage. I don’t think they have a lot of predators here.

Eh, it’s like a little Tabasco probably. Good for the sinuses. Gators have sinuses right?

And people say living in California with earthquakes is crazy.

Iron law of Star Trek: collapsing societies and rebels still have shampoo.

Not to dunk on anyone in particular, but PSA: if you write “voilà” as “WALLA” you will look like an idiot. If you can’t figure out how to write the à character, fine, write it without. Or write “behold!” or “hey presto!” which are perfectly cromulent equivalents.

I’m not sure the exact procedure on cooking frogs, but they shouldn’t be overcooked.

They really do taste like chicken. I used to enjoy it till I stared too long at the spinal cord once.

How about “toot sweet”, that’s still good right?

Mmmm… sous-vide frogs.

I think it is, per say.

Grassy ass, good sir!

I tpoor spelling, the telltale sign of s bot. And to thought, I thought dive^3 was a real boy.

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Aargh, my eyes!

Also when something is BONEFIED.

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