Yellow-toed Frog Discovered

kgw · Post by **kgw** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:51 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32129876/ns ... e-science/

In the San Jacinto Wilderness. . .This may impact the closure, I would think, due to the possibility of re-introducing frogs to the Rattlesnake Creek area, eh?

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:36 pm

Interesting!! It's good news, but I would predict it will result in a closure of Tahquitz creek. (Does anyone hike there anyway? I'm not familiar with that area).

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:38 pm

cougarmagic wrote:Interesting!! It's good news, but I would predict it will result in a closure of Tahquitz creek. (Does anyone hike there anyway? I'm not familiar with that area).

I think the rules need to be honored here.

We must now refer to the frog area as the "creek-that-must-not-be-named" !

Post by **Taco** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:59 pm

Damn frogs. Send those bastards to the moon!

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:08 pm

yea really. let natural selection do its thing. They ruined any kind of nice fishing at piru. The road is closed and u have to carry all your gear now!

Post by **Taco** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:09 am

It is time. We must breed an Assassin Frog. 8)

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:29 pm

cougarmagic wrote:Interesting!! It's good news, but I would predict it will result in a closure of Tahquitz creek. (Does anyone hike there anyway? I'm not familiar with that area).

Yes, those two creeks (Tahquitz and Willow) bound the very popular hiking and backpacking areas in the federally controlled portion of the Mt. San Jacinto Wilderness.

TacoDelRio wrote:It is time. We must breed an Assassin Frog. 8)

There actually is such a thing. Kind of.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... =printable

It can tolerate lack of water for eight months and total starvation for one year. It can tolerate temperatures down to 32F (I assume a hard freeze will kill it). Pretty badass.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:41 pm

Badass. 8)

EnFuego · Post by **EnFuego** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:39 pm

Regarding the African Clawed Frog.

it says we took these things into space to study the female reproduction in micro gravity.

WHO CARES!!!!!

Rumpled · Post by **Rumpled** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:32 pm

Here comes another closure!
It'll be one of those temporary, emergency closures that can only last one year by law.
Then, every year they issue another one. And so on ....

Skips lots of paperwork and study involved in a real closure, and much more effective.