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Pictured: The glowing frog who wanted a light snack and swallowed a Christmas bulb

Something was making this little fellow feel all warm inside.

Unfortunately for him, it was a blinking fairy light.

The Cuban tree frog managed to swallow an entire bulb as he hunted for bugs.

Photographer James Snyder, whose Florida garden is festooned with lights, spotted it all lit up in a mango tree.

Colourful calories: The Cuban tree frog took a gulp of the bulb and wouldn't let go

James, who lives in Palm Beach, Florida, had decorated his back yard with colourful lights after noticing that frogs had worked out lights attracted bugs.

But one night he discovered that one of the little beasts had bitten off far more than it could chew.

James, 29, said: ‘A bug landed on the bulb and when the frog went for it he got a little bit extra.

‘I zoomed in and noticed that the wire was actually going into the frogs mouth, he had swallowed the entire light, he wasn’t sitting on it at all’

‘I have a large mango tree by my patio and my wife and I have Christmas lights wrapped around the trunk and main limbs to light it up from underneath.

‘I took my dog out back when I noticed the frog glowing on the tree and at first I thought that the frog was sitting on top of the light.

‘I quickly put my dog back inside and grabbed my camera, but I was convinced that he would be gone by the time I returned but when I got back he was still sitting there glowing away.

‘I began taking a few pictures from about four or five feet away because I did not want to scare him and make him move.

‘I zoomed in and noticed that the wire was actually going into the frogs mouth, he had swallowed the entire light, he wasn’t sitting on it at all.’

James, 29, said he feared the frog had been killed after it ate the bulb.

He said: ‘I figured that he must be dead and because there was no fear of spooking him I got very close and continued taking pictures.

‘But after few minutes I noticed one of his legs had moved, death spasm I thought for a second until he repositioned his entire body.

‘Now with the realisation that the frog was indeed alive I wanted to keep him that way.

‘So I fired off a few more shots, then gently grabbed the wire next to the bulb and slowly pulled it out for his mouth.

Because the wire was still attached to the light, Snyder was able to pull it gently from the frog’s mouth.

It seemed none the worse for its ordeal – apart from instantly losing its glow.

From Dailymail.co.uk

Three Hawaii residents reach finals of international frog art contest

Contest Aims To Create Awareness of Worldwide Frog Extinctions

Three Hawaiians have a chance at being crowned the Grand Prize Winner of the 1st Annual Frog Art Contest. The contest, which is being held by SAVE THE FROGS! Nonprofit Organization, received entries from 10 countries worldwide.

Twelve year old Tokino Springer and fifteen year old Liann Cagle of Kapolei Middle School, as well as their art teacher Daryle Mishina have made it to the finals of the contest.

The Grand Prize Winner will be decided by the public, and votes are currently being accepted through the SAVE THE FROGS! website (www.savethefrogs.com).

Frog populations worldwide have been declining at unprecedented rates, and nearly one-third of the world’s 6,500 amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Up to 200 species have already completely disappeared. The Frog Art Contest is intended to raise awareness of the rapid disappearance of frog species.

“The amphibian extinction crisis is one of the most significant environmental issues of our time” says Dr. Kerry Kriger, who heads SAVE THE FROGS!. “The goal of the Frog Art Contest is to get artists involved in environmental conservation, and to provide teachers with fun ways to increase their students’ interest in frogs.”

Dr. Kriger encourages all art lovers to view this year’s entries and to vote for their favorite frog art. A call for entries for the 2nd Annual Frog Art Contest will go out in early March of 2010, just prior to Save The Frogs Day.

Contest voting is taking place at:

http://savethefrogs.com/artists/2009-winners.html

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