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Definitely. I just feel like a boiling frog sometimes.
by valleyer · Oct 2, 2026
Reading about Frog and Toad making little thinking machines is a lot like Trurl and Klapaucius in Cyberiad
by morkalork · Oct 2, 2026
How else would you predict the weather? By observing a frog in a terrarium?
by chihuahua · Oct 2, 2026
For those who like Frog and Toad, I definitely have to recommend Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best, which puts a spin on the concept with a more adult, but still lovingly unive…
by crooked-v · Oct 2, 2026
You should pick up a collection of Frog and Toad stories. I read them because I have little kids, but they are genuinely great little with stories. The stories are simple, but i…
by UtopiaPunk · Oct 2, 2026
I just recently saw that story in a book. What was it... Oh yes, it was in "Situated" by Angela Duckworth (of "Grit" fame). That's the gist of the book. Frog and Toad changed th…
by drivers99 · Oct 2, 2026
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A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order Anura. Frog species with rough skin texture due to wart-like parotoid glands tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal and purely cosmetic, and does not reflect taxonomy or evolutionary history. Read more on Wikipedia