Hey there my Hive friends and followers!
I thought I would finally get to working on those few remaining posts from Zanzibar that I´m still yet to share with you but earlier today, on my walk out there in nature, I happened to witness what I simply have to make a post about :) What am I talking about? Frogs! Hundreds of frogs! And most of them were actually... let´s say... enjoying their very intimate moments! :D
Now let me put a little warning here and I don´t mean the NSFW warning :D The frogs that you are about to see below are all toads who are not exactly the most beautiful animal species and I know that some people find the toads downright ugly or even disgusting so be warned that a lot of detailed toady stuff is following :)
I hope that you enjoyed the shots (or that you didn´t get disgusted with them at least :D). All of the frogs featured above are the European Toads that are very common in most European countries. They are quite big, the females can reach up to 15 cm (6 in) in length and they are very robust in appearance. Males are smaller but I guess you already noticed that in the pictures :D
Now in late March and also in early April, the frogs get out of their winter hideouts to reproduce and they obviously do it on a large scale. I mean we must have seen hundreds of frogs today and it was not even a long walk, we just followed some of the hiking trails in the Prokop Valley here in Prague, Czech Republic for a few kilometers.
Unfortunately, we saw a lot of dead frogs too. The toads cannot really move fast so they are very prone to being hit by cars and bikes, especially when crossing roads, which is something they do quite often. So please be careful and drive slowly when you happen to be in an area where the toads reproduce after the winter. They are usually these "frogs ahead" road warning signs in such areas. Toads may not be pretty but they eat a lot of annoying pests in gardens, fields etc.
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