Visit Last Weekend: Adorable Critter with Irridescent Green Patches

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The discussion revolves around a recent encounter with a frog featuring iridescent green patches, prompting participants to share their experiences with wildlife and explore the emotional capacities of animals, particularly frogs. The scope includes personal anecdotes, observations of nature, and philosophical inquiries regarding animal emotions.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a photo of a frog and invites others to discuss their wildlife experiences.
  • Another participant questions whether frogs possess thoughts, emotions, or the capacity to love, extending the inquiry to animals in general.
  • Some participants humorously comment on the frog's appearance, likening it to having teeth or resembling a piranha.
  • A participant reflects on the fairy tale of the frog prince, suggesting that the frog may have felt affection for the princess who kissed him.
  • There is a playful inquiry about the appropriateness of licking frogs, indicating curiosity about their nature.
  • Another participant questions how the princess could identify the correct frog to kiss, noting their similar appearances.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion includes multiple viewpoints regarding the emotional capacities of frogs and animals in general, with no consensus reached on whether animals can truly experience emotions or love.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying degrees of belief about animal emotions, with some relying on cultural references like fairy tales to support their views. The discussion remains open-ended regarding the nature of animal cognition and emotion.

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This is mostly for Evo and DocToxyn...this cute little critter came by to visit last weekend and posed very nicely for photos. I especially like his(?) irridescent green patches on his cheeks.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7753/froggy4gg.jpg

So, now that it's spring and folks are hopefully spending some time outdoors and not entirely glued to their computers (unless it's at PF of course, then you're excused), who's been enjoying watching the wildlife? Any new photos of critters in your backyard?
 
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I enjoy the wildlife and obviously the nature, but actually the purpose of this post is to ask whether frogs think in some way, have emotions, and can love? I'm often wondering whether any animal is able to have emotions, or love or the like,
 
He looks like he has a mouthful of teeth. :bugeye:
 
thats what I thought.. frog crossed with a piranha..
 
Evo said:
He looks like he has a mouthful of teeth. :bugeye:
Hee hee...he might have teeth in there, but if he does, they're not showing. That's just his lips you see that have a striped/speckled sort of pattern on them. I didn't try picking the little feller up to get a closer look, because he seemed so content just sitting there staring under the deck, where he ultimately decided to hop off to.
 
Moonbear said:
Hee hee...he might have teeth in there, but if he does, they're not showing. That's just his lips you see that have a striped/speckled sort of pattern on them. I didn't try picking the little feller up to get a closer look, because he seemed so content just sitting there staring under the deck, where he ultimately decided to hop off to.

have you ever tried licking them?
 
heartless said:
I enjoy the wildlife and obviously the nature, but actually the purpose of this post is to ask whether frogs think in some way, have emotions, and can love? I'm often wondering whether any animal is able to have emotions, or love or the like,

well, there was the frog prince, i'd imagine he felt some sort of affection for that princess who kissed him and turned him into a hottie prince.
 
Gale said:
well, there was the frog prince, i'd imagine he felt some sort of affection for that princess who kissed him and turned him into a hottie prince.

But how did she know that was the right frog to kiss? They all look alike to me,