Spyke
lemmy.world

You can't just introduce the word toadlet to people without warning

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Toadlet sounds like the evolved form insult of toad.

"That guy is such a toadlet, gives me the creeps."

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ch00freply
lemmy.world

So like...they did this on Wednesday on purpose, right my dudes?

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It instantly became a wednesday the moment they published it.

Was a thursday before, and now everyone has to work an extra day. Those toad guys are weird 🙄

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notabotreply
piefed.social

They completely missed the opportunity to say a new frog was spotted. My disappointment is imeasurable, and my day is ruined.

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That may be the case, and I don't want to make light of the situation, or cast shade on their headline writing abilities, but I wanted to make a point that there was a better option.

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Communistreply

It's a form of ovovivipary so it's not that crazy, they basically just keep the eggs inside of them instead of laying them.

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No, humans use a placental system, they do not put all the energy required for the offspring into the egg initially. It's not really the same at all.

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foodandartreply
lemmy.zip

I am no frogologist

I believe the term is herpetologist. :)

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lemmy.world

There are also fish that give live birth, so I wouldn't be that surprised if some amphibians do so as well

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mander.xyz

Fish are way more diverse than amphibians tho, there's fish that breath air.

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yes i looked on google search, and they give birth to live toadlets, rather than spawning as an egg. apparently its very uncommon for amphibians to do this.

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Weird, I though toads were endemic to the Americas for some reason

(But they’re on every continent except Antarctica so wtf do I know)

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infosec.pub

That one on the bottom left looking like James Toad asking for a Martini to be shaken (which is the default method)

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Default method used to be stirring, some people claim that shaking bruises the gin and ruins the flavor. It tastes like pinesol to me either way.

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