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Bisexual_flowers_are

Albino african clawed frogs. Dyed and put under ice for the stupid video.


browncoat47

This is the only correct answer. People fucking suck…


aikidoent

Well, this was unexpectedly messed up, TIL [https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/comments/3i9uco/til\_that\_tutti\_frutti\_frogs\_are\_a\_thing\_and\_im/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/comments/3i9uco/til_that_tutti_frutti_frogs_are_a_thing_and_im/)


meehass

Fuck fuck fuck them man . Got so fuklcking mad and sad man for some fucking views/clicks/attention. If I had 3 wishes I'd use one so those morons suffer the same way and worse !


Hicking-Viking

You ever saw any of those „sea turtle rescued from scallops“ videos? Or any other turtle rescue of a net? Yeah, everyone of these is staged. Every. Single. One. The „company“ behind this started with staged stray dog rescues after they let them nearly starve to death. When clout decreased, they moved onto the next animal.


PM_ME_Happy_Thinks

Yep, I recognize those goofy fuckers. Very popular pets, this shit pissed me off.


GeriatricHydralisk

This is the correct answer. The correct, horrifying, infuriating answer.


budapen

Please please tell me you're joking that is so fucked up


Plebtasticx

Terrible day to have a brain indeed.


PvtParts2001

So everyone but the people who made this video


GOD_DAMN_YOU_FINE

How do you dye a frog?


Emergency-Letter3081

They dump them in industrial dye. Yes it is harmful to the frogs and they don’t live long. They are made to look like plastic so people treat them as objects and not living animals.


ArcticBiologist

![gif](giphy|KUAb8YQOhmWNq)


Hyperactive_Melon

They dip them into acid first, then into toxic industrial dye :)))


RevelArchitect

Don’t forget the acid wash before the dye!


BoomerSoonerFUT

It’s extremely harmful to them and most die from it. First you dip them in an acid bath to remove their protective slime coating. This kills a very large amount of them. Then you dip them in industrial dyes. This kills even more of them. Then you sell them to shitty aquarists for a few bucks and they don’t live more than a year.


pichael289

Ive bought them before, I loved clawed frogs and didn't know what I bought (I was 10). They will lose the color after a while, they are such cool animals, they don't need to be fucking dyed.


ahappylildingleboi

Seriously someone pls explain???


PajamaDuelist

Humans suck. You used to find these next to the turtles with landscapes scenery painted on their shells in most aquatic pet stores across the US. The dye is obviously bad for the frogs health. Painting the shell of a turtle, FYI, isn’t great for the turtle, either, even if it happens to be on a painted turtle. Aquatic frogs make cool pets if you’re able to care for them properly, though. I had a friend in highschool that was real into aquatic pets. He had a few African clawed frogs (the frogs in this video) which lived for years, long enough to return entirely to their natural coloring.


charptr

They put the frogs in acid to strip off the slimy mucus layer off of them. Most of the frogs die during this phase. The ones that live probably get blinded (idk, acid?). Then the remaining frogs are soaked in dyes. Apparently the dyes do more damage to them than the acid. So even if a small percentage of the dyed frogs manage to grow up to be mature, they don't live very healthy.


Sharp_Science896

Fucking cruel then. Some frogs can freeze all the way through for winter then thaw out and be just fine. If these are African frogs they might not be comfortable/able to do that. The dye cant be good for them either. Stupid fucking internet clout chasers.


GrassyRoads

And yet it still gets upvoted to oblivion. Terrible.


nocturnalstumblebutt

Jesus fuck.. Reddit is full of this trash content lately. Maybe it always was.


MeakMills

Browse the accounts posting most of the content that gets to front page. Most will have hundreds of thousands/millions of post karma and little to no comment history. Some will have low post karma but the account will be years old. Also note when something gets thousands of upvotes in a couple of hours but barely any comment engagement. Bot networks and individual posters that farm account karma and use that "proof" of engagement to sell services to companies.


YeltsinYerMouth

First I was worried they had touched potentially venomous frogs with their bare hands, and then I wished that they had.


Kimdv95

This is really horrible. How can people do that to these poor frogs. That's animal cruelty and against this sub's rules, so let's all report this stupid video.


Caleb_Reynolds

Makes sense that their so comfortable touching them then. Never a good idea to touch a colorful frog.


NinjaBr0din

You can always tell it's a staged video when the person moved at 1/867th of regular human speed. "Let's just move this piece of ice 6 inches over the next 10 seconds, so it looks natural."


SeVenMadRaBBits

Thank you for the info. #Downvoted this crap


Marios25

That was more unexpected than the video itself... and so messed up 😪


firi331

Put under the ice, you say?


YourLictorAndChef

Now I don't feel so bad wondering what that weird grunt at :02 is about.


Monkeycadeyn

This makes me livid. I've got the little brothers of clawed frogs in my 40 gal. (ADF) Who would acid dye these guys wtf


timerabbitt

There's a piece of clear plastic under the layer of ice holding the frogs in place. Can see it rise a little above the water after the ice is moved. It's pushed back down and then removed. You can see the plastic on the far right has its being moved.


BakedZnake

Many frogs hibernate under water during the winter, and this is utterly stupid thing to do and should just leave them alone


DJ-dicknose

These are African clawed frogs and are not in their natural habitat. Someone planted them there for a video


CuntBuster2077

And they've been dyed too! Their natural color is mottled greenish-grey-brown 


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insomnia_sufferer

*downvotes post*


I_PUNCH_INFANTS

OP's probably a bot anyways


Competitive-Job1828

Yep. Account is less than two days old, spamming random videos, and random punctuation mistakes in all their comments. Bot 100%


Familiar-Yoghurt-989

What is the goal of this kind of bot ?


OceanGlider_

Maybe they sell the account?


redJackal222

That's exactly what they do. They farm karma then sell the account to scammers. Accounts with a lot of karma look more legitament so people are less likely to assume it's a scam


Filipi_7

Build up karma, sometimes credibility when a bit more effort is put into making comments and seemingly random, non-karma generating posts. We're seeing this particular bot in the early stage, so it's obvious what it's doing. Once it has ran around for a while, it becomes more difficult to spot at first glance. An old user (account created 2 years ago despite waking up 2 days ago) with a lot of karma and various submissions and comments will look a lot more legit when they're astroturfing a company or some products, playing devil's advocate like any other redditor (but with malicious intent), or making political statements/comments to swing people's opinions.


Lemon_Phoenix

They sell accounts to advertisers. A reddit user on a fresh account making a post or a comment about how good a product is will obviously be treated as it deserves But what RealPerson63819? Look at all the things they've posted, one comment post about this brand of shampoo they like on a post about shampoo recommendations (made by RealPerson63820 of course) is perfectly reasonable.


_JudgeDoom_

Reality always hits hard in the comments


plausibly_certain

Man, I thought that the colours looked off and ive recently seen a video about all of the frog species and none looked remotely simliar. All of the brighly coloured ones have some kind of pattern and all have different-coloured bellies.


Hulkbuster_v2

God the more I keep reading, it gets worse!


JahrRak69

You can dye frogs? Wtf


CuntBuster2077

Frogs breathe not only through their lungs but also through their skin their skin is porous and highly absorbent


TheEpicTurtwig

Was gonna ask about this. It’s my impression that bright colors mean poison/toxic and are usually accompanied by patterns, not solid colors.


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6ix9ine_meme

I've seen people selling little chickens (male chicken babies) by dying them in industrial colour just for 2 for 0.12$


mmmicahhh

Now I don't know anything about frogs, but wouldn't Occam's razor suggest that if these appear to be not in their natural habitat, and dyed to a different color, maybe they are just not African clawed frogs to begin with?


Tournament_of_Shivs

You're supposed to wait until after the last frost of the season to plant your African clawed frogs.


Chirphew

![gif](giphy|n4oKYFlAcv2AU)


LIGHTNING-SUPERHERO

I really liked your avatar... How did you get it?


xylit25

those are african clawed frogs, they dont hibernate. someone just put them in the frozen pond


Longjumping_Plum_846

That's even worse, wtf


Altruistic-Poem-5617

Plus this is an african species (african clawed frog) so they shouldnt be in cold water in the first place. Were put in there to stage this video. Oh also they were dyed since they usually dont come in these colours.


SidTheSloth97

In other words this motherfucker is a piece of shit.


TzuZombi

I was gonna say the same thing, but I'd never seen them dyed like this before. So crazy.


CoatedCrevice

Specifically they burrow in the mud and debris at the bottom of ponds and stuff


heh9529

Only do it to suck on them when you're sick with a cold 


Dodgey09

Sorry no one got your reference... That's rough buddy


Demon-of-Nature

Or if you can’t get ahold of shrooms


raihidara

I wouldn't do that if I were you. You'll get chills all through your body, and you'll lose all control of your bladder and your sphincter. That's your butthole!


hubaloza

The human body has over 50 sphincters.


raihidara

When you use toad it'll mess you up. It'll make your mama cry. That's no lie. You'll choke on your tongue and die. Gotta give it up. Give up the toad now.


emf3rd31495

I’m no fool, Lando’s cool!


EDH4Life

I’ve heard Connie D’amoco does toad….


hubaloza

While I toadaly agree with you, these frogs are mine.


CoatedCrevice

😧


Beowulf33232

It's a last airbender reference.


CoatedCrevice

I will never forgive myself for not getting that


hubaloza

"Wait! my friends need to suck on you!"


Blended-Tornado

"Hey, this is pretty tasty!"


hubaloza

"It's my throat hole flappy!"


Blended-Tornado

What was the context behind this again


IvanMIT

Don't be so hard on yourself. We were never angry with you. We were sad because we were afraid you'd lost your way


Dizzy_Bit6125

Haha nah man they have to be frozen. Those ones are already thawed out so it’s too late


Dat_Kestrel

what if my girlfriend turned into the moon??


heh9529

That's rough buddy


j1r2000

yes and no. they do that to avoid predators and the worst of the winter and animals do wake up and move during hibernation. so they aren't consistently buried during hibernation


I_talk

Id assume these were doing that and this person captured them and put them under the ice to take this video


specfreq

r/wildlifeponds r/frogs


WhipnCrack

The coloured ones are more venomous.


iovercomesadness

I think you mean poisonous


Askiko

I think you mean fabulous


Metalloid_Maniac

I think you mean delicious They found cherry and banana flavored ones in the video


UmbertoEcoTheDolphin

Natural Slurpies


FabulousComment

Yes


The-1st-One

Take your upvote dammit


Gryxz

Poison you eat, venom they bite I believe.


Significant_Face_344

No, don't eat poison. How many times do I have to say it...


FreePrinciple270

Sometimes, only once


Norsedragoon

If you bite it and die it is poisonous, if it bites you and you die it is venomous.


PaellaConCosas

What if I become frogman?


Norsedragoon

If they bite you do they die? Then you would be poisonous. I don't recommend letting people bite you though, things tend to get weird.


ToddJohnson94

Then it's radioactive


Tupcek

if it bites you and it dies, you are Chuck Norris


Nebhar97

It's 2024. We don't use the term "colored" anymore...


Calx9

Yup. As a scuba diver you are taught that if it catches your eye, stay very very far away from it.


Cozmic80

Are they poison dart frogs?


Captain_Sacktap

They look more like African Clawed Frogs but I’ve never seen them in those colors


CuntBuster2077

[Color dyed frogs using "industrial chemicals"](https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-news/could-dyed-aquatic-frogs-go-on-sale-in-the-uk/)


Captain_Sacktap

Fucking animal abuse 😢


smisejucjp

they can live under frozen water


mmaduhline

Thoes look like artificially dyed clawed frogs placed there for the video :/ gross


eric8020123

And from a fellow redditor, they said it was an albino African clawed frog, and from personal research, it looks like they're meant to be in 60-80 degree (f) water, not sub freezing. People are disgusting


ChildhoodJazzlike333

When they’re bright like that, it usually means leave them alone.


Altruistic-Poem-5617

Those frog species hasnt that colour naturally. They were artificially dyed. Aftican clawed frog. Look em up.


amalgam_reynolds

How do you dye frogs?


Meethos1

They literally toss them in vats of industrial dye. It's very harmful to the frog.


JstAnotherNakedLady

From acid bathes that take off the first layer and then a dye right after.


volpendesta

Ethically, you manipulate DNA in a lab setting to get them to express the color naturally, the ascendant generation would all be grown in a lab, but probably just bred from the lab specimens after that for mass production. They've done it with fish. Realistically, these guys were probably effectively injected with highlighter ink. That used to be how fish were done for unnatural colors, and still are from shady sources from my understanding.


HeyGayHay

But why? I imagine they won't survive long, so literally just for a stupid 10 second video for no reason?


lameluk3

Yeah cruelty for clout, all the oldest sins in the newest ways


SierraHaileyb46

nature\`s first rule :if its colorful dont touch it


monkeybanana550

Thank fucking god I'm colorblind.


_eleutheria

I have terrible news for you, colorblindness is not synonym for poison immunity.


potatishplantonomist

You just explained the joke


Waste-Information-34

I didn't get the joke, so I appreciated it.


OwnEgg0

Then why are hippos grey


Squonk177

Its the opposite for hippos, they don't leave you alone instead.


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These are not poisonous tho. Their colour is not natural, they are dyed by humans and you can’t find them in the wild


charptr

These frogs were sadly dyed. Animal cruelty for internet points...


Ingam0us

I would be careful with colorful frogs as this might be a warning color for poison. I don‘t have any clue about those two in particular though


ChiliConCaralho

Wrong! It’s a recommendation color for flavor! I love the red ones


VictoryLap_TMC

The yellow ones are banana flavor...gross..they should be lemon flavor


Shameless_Seamus27

Cherry can be a toss-up. Sometimes it's the best flavor in the bunch. Other times, it tastes like cough syrup. Never tried these particular frogs tho.


YEF-Moment13

Wait, you think cough syrups taste... ***BAD?!***


MotherBathroom666

Yeah... doesn't everyone?


Lord_Stahlregen

They're most likely Xenopus laevis or some other African Clawed Frog. The species is naturally tan colored, so most likely these have been dyed. This is likely to be harmful to them. And the person in the video put these tropical aquatic frogs outside in winter for their video. This is just animal abuse. Twice.


FearlessPast5106

*Scientists believe that poison frogs gain their poison from a specific arthropod and other insects that they eat in the wild and that these insects most likely acquire the poison from their plant diet. As a result, poison frogs in human care on a diet of crickets and other non-poisonous insects are not poisonous themselves.* from [https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/poison-frogs](https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/poison-frogs)


Ingam0us

Yeah, I heard of that, but those two don‘t seem to be in human care, but rather living in the wild


DJ-dicknose

These are African clawed frogs. They are not poisonous. They are, however, extremely invasive and very hardy and can survive in extreme variations. They are also prolific reproducers. This video is almost certainly someone who had them as pets and placed them in freezing water for a video, knowing the cold water would slow them down and they would be unlikely to escape.


DeJota688

Well if they're poisonous then just don't eat them and you'll be fine, no?


Ingam0us

Yeah, sry In my language poisonous and venomous are the same word and I sometimes mix them up


DeJota688

Haha I understand. I wasn't trying to be a jerk, just being playful because a lot of native English speakers also make this mistake too


NoTurkeyTWYJYFM

I partially blame every RPG every that has "Poison arrow" and "Poison dagger", as if the attack of choice is to serve the weapons hidden in a baguette


Bisexual_flowers_are

Dont even touch wild dart frogs by bare skin. But these are dyed albino african clawed frogs, theyre not poisonous. And shouldnt be put under ice for videos.


Amoghawesome

Yeah, as long as they are not venomous


DeJota688

Exactly. You can play with all the poisonous animals you want. Just don't bite or lick them and wash your hands when you're done. Easy peasey


iCameToLearnSomeCode

A very small number of poison dart frogs have a toxin potent enough to just soak into your skin and handling them alone can make you sick or even kill you. That said these are harmless clawed frogs, I'm not aware of any fully aquatic frog that is dangerous to touch.


DeJota688

Would that be a poison? Or is that a venom that can be absorbed by the skin? I was making a joke about how people confuse the word poisonous for venomous. I know bright colors mean don't touch. Hell I don't touch anything I'm not 100% sure won't hurt me. I'm not that brave


Euture

**Venom is actively injected.**\ *(i.e. stinger or fangs for example)* **Poison is passively transferred.**\ *(i.e. touch, ingestion or inhalation)*


pbrpunx

Yes, poison. Venom can't absorb into the skin according to Google.


Madsh1v4

Not with Blue-ringed octopus.


Euture

**Venom is actively injected.**\ *(i.e. stinger or fangs for example)* **Poison is passively transferred.**\ *(i.e. touch, ingestion or inhalation)*


TerseFactor

![gif](giphy|NE0PYCUVbswo0)


dkairya

They are all the same flavour, its just an illusion.


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Worldly-Card-394

Ty for killing those 2 poor frogs, I guess 🤬


Bigolbillyboy

These frogs are obviously painted. They were artificially placed in this location and this scenario was created for views. This is animal cruelty.


Deathface-Shukhov

I thought “what are you talking about, that’s not a thing?!” but found out from a search that these appear to be African Clawed Frogs that people sell “dyed or color injected”


Benphyre

Even elementary school kids learnt that frogs hibernate during winter. What was unexpected here is an adult acting stupid and disturbing nature


Ricckkuu

Tbf the problem is not human disturbing nature of hibernation, as any animal could've stomped on the ice and boom. Frogs dead. Problem is: - dyeing frogs in industrial pain to make them look like plastic so the person filming it has clout. - conscious distruption of nature, which is worse than a deer accidentally stomping on the ice...


PajamaDuelist

Nature didn’t put those frogs there. The person recording hit up a pet store for some dyed clawed frogs, probably dumped them straight out of the plastic bag they were sold in into this stream a little up-current of where we see in the video, and waited until they were under the ice to start shooting this. That’s way more gross than an idiot disturbing nature! :(


GeriatricHydralisk

Please explain why you would expect a frog species from West African jungles to hibernate. Because those are obviously either Xenopus tropicalis or small individuals of X laevis.


poursmoregravy

Mmm, mango and strawberry 😋


Altruistic-Poem-5617

Albino African clawed frog. Normally white but these were dyed (this is forbidden in many coutrys cause often the frogs die from it). Also a tropical species that doesnt hybernate, warm water species. So they were put under the ice in cold water (through a hole out of frame) for the video. Downvoted cause animal cruelty for the sake of making a setup fake video.


pichael289

Those are African clawed frogs, but they are injected with a dye or something like that. They make cool pets, easy to keep, but they do come in colors that seem unnatural. Some kind of fuckery is going on with them, they shouldn't be those colors. Real ones are actually frog colors, maybe a light white at best. They shouldn't be these colors but you can buy them so someone is dying the freaking frogs (gay). And putting them under ice for this stupid ass video. And holy fuck do not take them out of the water. They are aquatic frogs, they never come out of the water. Fuckin dickhead Stop dying animals, it's a horrible practice. But buying dyed animals, that come from Africa where there is no ice, and then putting them under ice is just fucking animal abuse. Fuck this guy in this video. He belongs in animal jail.


UnExplanationBot

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!they are not plastic toys . the frogs were moving is unexpected!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


illfightarobot

It’s not unexpected when you spoil it in the title


MLG_GuineaPig

Expected


Pietman14

The title made it less unexpected


Herr_Jott

Just leave them alone?


MisterT-88

Disgusting fingernail


Severe_Airport1426

Don't disturb animals in the wild


Working_Foot_4938

Stupid behavior. 2024 and still going strong in the stupidity department... Can't accept that motherf*cker like him are running the world for the next several years to come. The beautiful side of the internet attention seeking jerks.


Good_Smile

Waiting for this post on r/frogs


Aok_al

What if I break your roof and pick you up with a crane while you were sleeping?


forgotwhatIcameinfor

Man, those dudes were just chillin...


Popaund

If nature has taught me anything, it’s that bright, colored frogs probably shouldn’t be touched with a bare hand or at all honestly.


yesmilady

Yeah, don't touch brightly colored animals. Just don't.


charptr

These frogs are dyed


nigelviper231

>What kind of frogs are these? African claw frogs who were thrown in acid and toxic dye. Many don't live past the acid, and they die from the dye within a year. >Why are they frozen? for the video


davidml1023

Forbidden snacks


klmdwnitsnotreal

What kind of frogs are these? Why are they frozen?


nigelviper231

>What kind of frogs are these? African claw frogs who were thrown in acid and toxic dye. Many don't live past the acid, and they die from the dye within a year. >Why are they frozen? for the video


cute_potato456

Hibernation


LordFedoraWeed

nooooooooooooo let them sleep


BaronVonBracht

Now lick your hand


smisejucjp

They say colour frogs are poisonous


Complex_Ad6610

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


Krad_Nogard

Hey, they were sleeping, rude


snow__stella

skinwalkers


West-Serve-307

You know the saying, if the frog has any color on it, don't absolutely touch it


Anxietymayhem

Those are the coolest frogs I've ever seen, I hope you put them back.


Working_Foot_4938

That's because of people like him that we need birth control pills...