The Coqui Frog came to Hawaii by accident around 1990. It is suspected
that it arrived on plants from another area. Unlike the frogs in Puerto Rico,
the Coqui Frog has no native predators to keep down the population. So, not only is
the Coqui Frog population growing at an extremely rapid rate, but they are also
eating tens of thousands of insects, including some crickets which included
species found only in Hawaii.
Can there possibly any other bad news
about this tiny frog? How about the male voice which he uses at night to attract females, and reaches decibels equal to
the level of a vacuum cleaner—Wow!
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for visiting!
Cheryl
Uh-oh! Who knows, maybe a natural predator will show up to take care of this little guy. lol
ReplyDeleteI think they may have already looked into that, but the predator would be worse news!
DeleteSo many interesting things about Hawaii I've never known before. Thanks for your support, Jessica! Aloha! --Cheryl