Water beetles that survive being swallowed by frogs
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Water beetles that survive being swallowed by frogs
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Re: Water beetles that survive being swallowed by frogs
#2That would make an interesting update to Beatrix Potter's Jeremy Fisher story :-).
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#3> dank and airless internal tunnel
It can't be "dank" if it's entirely liquid filled, come on.
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#4> dank and airless internal tunnel It can't be "dank" if it's entirely liquid filled, come on.
>It can't be "dank" if it's entirely liquid filled, come on.
'disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.'
I imagine I'd describe visiting a predators GI tract as 'disagreeably damp', among other things.
An aside : I agree that I haven't heard it used in the context of submerging, but the definition seems to allot for it?
Re: Water beetles that survive being swallowed by frogs
#5Possibly a first evolutionary step to becoming an internal parasite.
Re: Water beetles that survive being swallowed by frogs
#6That would make an interesting update to Beatrix Potter's Jeremy Fisher story :-).
Heh Heh Heh.
Common movie trope: The Protagonist, swallowed whole, heroically cuts their way out of the monsters' gullet.
Reality: The Protagonist, swallowed whole, holds their breath and tickles the monsters sphincter from the inside...
Doesn't have the same ring to it. ;)
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#7Possibly a first evolutionary step to becoming an internal parasite.
Also, a way for the intestinal flora of frogs to be spread to other frogs.
Which may be fairly unique in itself?
That could have all kinds of other weird and wonderful follow on effects for the frog population.
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#8Possibly a first evolutionary step to becoming an internal parasite.
Also, a way for the intestinal flora of frogs to be spread to other frogs. Which may be fairly unique in itself? That could have all kinds of other weird and wonderful follow on effects for the frog population.
> Also, a way for the intestinal flora of frogs to be spread to other frogs.
> Which may be fairly unique in itself?
Considering the number of diseases that are spread, human to human, by oral consumption of feces - probably not.
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#9> dank and airless internal tunnel It can't be "dank" if it's entirely liquid filled, come on.
>It can't be "dank" if it's entirely liquid filled, come on. 'disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.' I imagine I'd describe visiting a predators GI tract as 'disagreeably damp', among other things. An aside : I agree that I haven't heard it used in the context of submerging, but the definition seems to allot for it?
I wouldn't expect a "dank basement" to require SCUBA gear. I agree with GP that this word use struck me as odd and distracting. Not sure what I expected to read about a beetle navigating an intestinal tract, but still.
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#10Maybe this is the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.