Frogs sold at Hallmark store in plastic box?

[jrmasm]

Yeah, I was just wondering what kind of frogs they were so I could do some research.

 

[disney_mommy]

Yeah, I was just wondering what kind of frogs they were so I could do some research.

Yeah, I did a bit of the research for you.

 

[MM27]

We used to do a science unit called "Animal Studies" throught STC Carolina(Science and Technology for Children) in which the students studied Fiddler Crabs, African Dwarf Frogs and Snails or Centipedes.
We kept them in shoebox sized tanks with gravel on the bottom. There were plants in the water for them to hang out in if they wanted. Some of them lasted a long time. The kids got to take them home after the unit was done and I had a few kids that would come back and tell me their frog or crab was still alive after they left my class.

Our 3rd graders now have the animal studies unit and they raise crayfish.

Our 6th graders get Madagascar hissing Cockroaches each year. I am glad that I don't teach 6th grade every time I pass by one of those classrooms.

 

[BubblPopElectrc]

OP, they are called African Dwarf Frogs- not to be confused with African Clawed Frogs which get much larger. They sell them at PetSmart, Petco, etc.

 

[JessicaR]

Had to go look on You Tube, how very odd.

BTW, the kids doing the video taping are just too cute!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ixow1reXw&NR=1

Cute! My kids talk to the animals/creatures too!

Thanks for sharing the link.

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

Wow, how odd … go to Hallmark; buy a card or two, a Yankee Candle and a FROG!

 

[yaportland]

I bought a pair of frogs for my daughter, Madison, in May of 2008 (she was 10 then) from a Hallmark store in the Exton Mall. A few years later she lost interest in those frogs and I was deemed the frog keeper. They were curious and funny and both had very different personalities. One was named Chad (the chubby one) and the other was Squirt. They both lived harmoniously in their plastic container for the next two years (2010). Chad continued to gain weight and monopolize the food, while Squirt sat patiently and waited for the kibbles to trickle down.

Fast forward to 2012, I bought a goldfish fish bowl, new gravel and a new bamboo stalk. Squirt thinned out, as Chad, was quite greedy, and never little Squirt eat his share of the frog kibbles. So, Squirt passed away in 2012 after four happy years with us. Chad lives on and still a happy frog. I have had to buy a few new snails to keep the environment clean and stable but these new snails have been with us for a little over two years.

If anyone wants to know what it is I do to keep my frogs thriving, let me know, and I will tell you my secret to a healthy African Frog. It is not as hard as you think, but I will tell you right now, it isn't feeding them twice a week! That is not enough!

 

[LuLuO]

Brains! Brains!

 

[Disney Doll]

Our 6th graders get Madagascar hissing Cockroaches each year. I am glad that I don't teach 6th grade every time I pass by one of those classrooms.

If I ever encountered a cockroach that hissed at me, regardless of where he was from, I'd have a stroke.

 

[Diznygrl]

I know this is a zombie thread, but dang! This is a new one on me. I don't believe I've ever seen live creatures for sale at Hallmark!

 

[Rvillediser]

My son received one of these frogs as a birthday gift when he was 4.....he's 24 1/2 now...yes, that darn frog is still alive. Be aware, the frog will grow to match his environment, you put it in a huge aquarium, it'll get huge!!!

 

[hucifer]

Brains! Brains!

Yep.