{"id":2287,"date":"2011-06-25T01:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2012-03-05T17:19:28","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T00:19:28","slug":"frog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/frog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Frog!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Since I arrived in Costa Rica two weeks ago, I have been delighted by the little frog who croaks outside my window<\/em> at night. He makes me smile and laugh. <\/p>\n

And I’ve commented on numerous occasions that I really want to see him! I want to see a frog<\/em> – in the wild – while I’m here!<\/p>\n

Well, tonight I got my wish. As we were leaving for dinner, I glanced out at the pool and noticed a dark green blob sitting on the floating lounger. Yes – a frog!<\/em> It was dark, but I still managed to take a few photos of his royal sleekness.
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\n\"\"<\/a>When we returned from dinner, I glanced out to see if he was still there… and was shocked to see a bright green frog sitting in his place<\/em>! But this one was sleeping.<\/p>\n

Upon examination and review of the photos I’d taken before dinner, we determined it HAD to be the same frog – but a different color. <\/p>\n

We wondered if perhaps there were a chance he could be a red-eyed tree frog… the coolest frog ever. Brandon looked online and discovered that they actually do change color<\/em> to camouflage themselves. Brandon and I were positively giddy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Brandon couldn’t resist the chance to hold him. I mean, come on – a tree frog floating in your pool? So he wet his hands (never pick up a frog with dry hands, it is bad for their skin)<\/em> and gently picked up Floyd. (I just named him now). <\/p>\n

Floyd really just wanted to sleep, but allowed Brandon to hold him for some photos.<\/p>\n

I’ve never held a Red Eyed Tree Frog<\/em> before (we really think it may be one), so I wet my hand and Brandon placed him on it. Where he comfortably and promptly went back to sleep. I think he’d have stayed there all night, so I decided it was time to put him back into the wild. <\/p>\n

But as I tried to gently urge him off my hand, he leapt up and landed on my glasses. <\/p>\n

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I had a frog on my face! <\/em> …Where he stayed, clinging to my hair, until I (several minutes later) attempted to disentangle him. He didn’t want to let go of my hair, but finally did… and climbed up and sat on top of my head<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Brandon finally retrieved him and was going to put him in the palm tree, but Floyd leapt out of his hands and into the pool, where he swam to the other side, climbed up and clinged to the side and went back to sleep.<\/p>\n

I love frogs.<\/em> And this was the best frog night ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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