The Amazing Bouncing Pebble Toad (video)

Posted on November 22, 2009 by | 6 Comments


Seen on DeLene’s Facebook wall….

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6 responses to “The Amazing Bouncing Pebble Toad (video)”

  1. Tanja Sova's avatar Tanja Sova | November 22, 2009 at 10:50 pm |

    Some life lessons for all of us, huh? WOW!

  2. The Emotion Machine's avatar The Emotion Machine | November 22, 2009 at 11:23 pm |

    Fascinating video! Thanks for sharing Coturnix!

  3. mousedude's avatar mousedude | November 23, 2009 at 8:07 am |

    looks a little dizzy at the end.

  4. jimspice's avatar jimspice | November 23, 2009 at 1:48 pm |

    Wow, what are the chances they would have a high speed camera set up beside the pond right when a toad tumbled down the mountain? Or interstitial cameras along the way?

  5. DeLene's avatar DeLene | November 23, 2009 at 3:43 pm |

    jimspice — Thought the same thing when I saw it! Me thinks they set the animals up for a “chance” encounter after installing their cameras. Still, pretty neat that they captured it (or captured portions and stitched it together).

  6. Coturnix's avatar Coturnix | November 23, 2009 at 3:47 pm |

    Oh, this is certainly all set up. It may have taken a few days to film all the segments. That frog probably flipped many times down that slope (or, if not all the way down, a few times along each little segment of the slope). None of this negates the amazing behavior. It just takes time and skill to capture it and sheer luck won’t cut in a case like this.