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Photographer Captures World’s Tiniest Rodeo: Frog Riding A Beetle
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Photographer Captures World’s Tiniest Rodeo: Frog Riding A Beetle

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Hendy Mp, a talented wildlife photographer based in Indonesia, has captured what is probably one of the weirdest spectacles we’ve ever seen – a tree frog going for a wild rodeo ride on the back of a giant horned wood-boring beetle. The tree frog is a Reinwardt’s Flying Frog, a threatened species that can glide down from trees with the skin between its fingers and toes.

The wild and adorable scene was captured not far from Mp’s home in Sambas, Indonesia. Mp is a fan of macro photography, and uses it to capture beautiful larger-than life photos of the many different beautiful insects, reptiles and amphibians native to Indonesia.

If you love having a close-up look at the tiny world of frigs, lizards and insects, then you’ll definitely love these photos by Vyacheslav Mishchenko and Miki Asai as well.

More info: 500px | Facebook | Twitter (h/t: dailymail)

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There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is kinda cute and funny at the same time

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The frog is definitely being forced into those positions and is definitely distressed. Frogs don't open their mouths like that unless they're under severe stress, and the hand position is completely unnatural and was likely forced that way.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes you wonder if they can communicate with each other.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No it doesn't. It makes you wonder how long this poor frog has been staged in pictures that is so exhausted that it sits still on an animal it wouldn't get close to in any normal situation.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bro, bro, broooo !!! lets do this, lets do this, lets do thisss!!! Yihaaaaa!!!

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is kinda cute and funny at the same time

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The frog is definitely being forced into those positions and is definitely distressed. Frogs don't open their mouths like that unless they're under severe stress, and the hand position is completely unnatural and was likely forced that way.

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Makes you wonder if they can communicate with each other.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No it doesn't. It makes you wonder how long this poor frog has been staged in pictures that is so exhausted that it sits still on an animal it wouldn't get close to in any normal situation.

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Bro, bro, broooo !!! lets do this, lets do this, lets do thisss!!! Yihaaaaa!!!

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