Screems to be turned into a meme, this one. Feel free, this particular photo is CC BY-SA 3.0 and also available from Wikimedia Commons, where I put it.
As far as I can tell, these are common toads (Bufo bufo), and native to Europe, but the toads of the world can look very alike.
Not surprised about the zeekat, many words to do with the sea have been exported by the Dutch, like buoy (boei), avast (hou vast), boom (boom), cruise (kruisen), deck (dek), etc. etc. The Dutch and the English often, um, met at sea 8-).
Now that I'm looking at the eyes of the toad it might not be the same critter, ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Heh yes, they met and had an exchange of words while at sea. There's an old song/poem? here about the Barbadian/British fighting off the forces of Dutch Admiral De Ruyters, April 1665..
Before Our Isle thou cam'st with great Bravadoes;
But we had Boars enough in the Barbadoes.
And Men, that made it to thy Teeth appear,
There was no Planting for a Dutch-man there.
And therefore some of Your wild Blood we spill'd,
A Boar is never good till he be kill'd.
Thus Dutch Don Quixot, rambles up and down,
To take more Countries in, and lose his own.
@ocrdu Mooi Stuk!
it's too early!
they normally mate in May
he'll grab on her like this cause the competition in the market is high
he lets her go another male will ride her
yes the female is bigger than the male
he'll have to wait till she gets into a marsh and do their task and sooner or later tadpoles in sight.
It's too early but then we've been having that summer spell these days
must be that ..
It's an older photo, but I have already seen toads mate this year, and moor frogs (heikikkers) as well, I even saw lizards scurrying about. Strange days indeed.
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The votes and flags of random fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of sharks
And by opposing end them.
Piglet said that, but he may be processed into Hamlet for saying it.
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=D
Go post it, if you dare 8-).
Maybe I will. :-)
Pretty sure we have these exact toads down here... could be that Dutch traders in South America/Caribbean accidentally took em back home?
Also interesting is that I found that we call octopuses "sea cat" (zeekat") probably from Dutch traders in the region too.
As far as I can tell, these are common toads (Bufo bufo), and native to Europe, but the toads of the world can look very alike.
Not surprised about the zeekat, many words to do with the sea have been exported by the Dutch, like buoy (boei), avast (hou vast), boom (boom), cruise (kruisen), deck (dek), etc. etc. The Dutch and the English often, um, met at sea 8-).
Now that I'm looking at the eyes of the toad it might not be the same critter, ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Heh yes, they met and had an exchange of words while at sea. There's an old song/poem? here about the Barbadian/British fighting off the forces of Dutch Admiral De Ruyters, April 1665..
It's like a 17th century diss track!
It is!
"Raid on the Medway" is sufficient response, they weren't that cocky anymore two years later 8-).
To the wikipedia!
Even without words it tells a great story!
So not: "Get off my back, Dan, or I'll flag you"?
@ocrdu Mooi Stuk!
it's too early!
they normally mate in May
he'll grab on her like this cause the competition in the market is high
he lets her go another male will ride her
yes the female is bigger than the male
he'll have to wait till she gets into a marsh and do their task and sooner or later tadpoles in sight.
It's too early but then we've been having that summer spell these days
must be that ..
It's an older photo, but I have already seen toads mate this year, and moor frogs (heikikkers) as well, I even saw lizards scurrying about. Strange days indeed.
Way to 'social-realism' for me.
Yet, it would be a very right-on-the-spot kind of meme. :-)
@oaldamster oh hier gaat het om? de andere gisteren?
{NL} Dat is er inderdaad deels een bron van de inspiratie @englishtchrivy.
@oaldamster ah nu begrijp ik het
hmmm.. ik ga niet bemooien .. ook vermoeind toch
eidereen haat die domme vlag -
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The votes and flags of random fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of sharks
And by opposing end them.
Piglet said that, but he may be processed into Hamlet for saying it.
That piglet of yours is a keeper @ocrdu. :-)
Frog taxi.....hopshops**
=D
Ha! Spring is beautiful :)
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nice photo friend