Fearsome Frogs

I actually found the bullfrog video interesting to watch. From the beginning it started sharing facts that I found interesting. I never knew that bullfrogs were brought into Arizona as a sport for cowboys. The bull frogs were introduced into our habitat for the cowboys to hunt for sportsmanship and to provide food for them. The thought of eating frogs is not appealing at all. I am a hunter and into hunting my food and putting it on the table for my family. But, it would take an awful lot of bullfrogs to provide a meal for my family and fill up my belly with the average bullfrog only being 1 pound 8 ounces. I also found in interesting that they are able to eat just about anything: tarantulas, scorpions, snakes and even other frogs, to the point the native leopard species of frogs is gone in Arizona. I can understand what the scientist is hoping to achieve by building a fence to keep the two species separated but, I do not feel that this will solve the issue. I think that the bull frog would find a way to get around the fence. The only way this would work would require a cage to hold and protect the leopard frog. In order to control the bull frogs in Arizona lakes and ponds I think that they would need to bring in known predators to the bull frog to help control the population. The video showed pelicans so I am not sure if this is something that could be brought into Arizona lakes and ponds. The video also showed frog festivals taking place and mentioned that that helped to control the bullfrogs from taking over. I do not see frog eating festivals becoming popular here like they are in other states that help them to keep their population in control. The National Geographic Fearsome Frogs retrieved from http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/fearsome-frogs/?ar_a=1