Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "Obese frog is facing an uphill weight loss battle" video.

  1. fear of frogs? that makes no sense.
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  2. Natalie Martinez legally you are correct that it's banned to take any amphibians from the wild in a lot of places. practically, it can be totally fine if you're invested enough in it do take care of them ok and to know what species you're taking. frog and toad tadpoles are easier to keep than most aquarium fish before they change from vegetarians to carnivores. salamanders and newts are a little more difficult because they start out as carnivores and require live food (I think). in a little aquarium with a big enough water surface for gas exchange (not a fish bowl) with pond water from the place of origin and some plants, with maybe a low flow bubbler filter thing and not too many tadpoles, kept at a cool enough temperature, there isn't much that can go wrong. obviously you should only take eggs from what you know to be non-threatened species that are common to your area. really the biggest excuse to do it is that the survival rates of amphibian eggs and tadpoles are super super low, it's like one in a hundred that even makes it out of the water. if you do an ok job, you are massively boosting the survival chances of those couple of eggs you put in your aquarium. just put them back where they came from when they get ready to go on land, otherwise you'll need to make a much bigger effort to build an aquarium-terrarium combo in a way bigger tank, and start feeding them insects and what not.
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  3. looking particularly dumpy
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  4. my favourite nonsense unit is stone.
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  5. "from fish to frog" uhm no, they're called tadpoles. xD many amphibians in many places have been dropping in numbers often due to climate change and spread of parasitic fungi (plus pollution and habitat loss of course). most amphibian larvae can be found in bodies of water that are too small for larger fish to inhabit, most commonly small ponds and stagnant canals (or in reed-peotected parts of bigger bodies of water). you may be looking in the wrong spots because you're going where there's a lot of water, but those places are normally too dangerous for amphibians in terms of aquatic predators. if you go out early enough in the year and at the right time of day (typically in the evening, I think), you can much more easily find mating spots of frogs and toads by following their calls rather than trying to find their eggs or larvae.
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  6. what do you mean, it's illegal? wild capture is illegal in many places, and some places ban import of non-native species for fear of invasive species, but I think bans on captive-bred amphibians are rare.
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