It appears that Hawaii has a problem.
A hitchhiking frog, known as the Coqui, is not only eating up all the vegetation it can shove into its greedy, green mouth and mating like crazy, it is also screaming its head off. Loud!
So loud, in fact, the Hawaiian guv is looking to spend two million green-backs to shut them up. The money will be used to ship in the Coqui’s lesser known nemesis, the Shushing Frog. This creature responds to every amphibian noise with a protracted “Shhhhhh” sound. If that doesn’t work, the guv has said that they will take the extreme measure of introducing the Brooklyn Howza Bouts I Come Down There And Crack Your Head For You Frog
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3 comments
jonjon
December 18, 2005 at 5:45 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A similar situation has occurred in Australia and is humorously documented in the film “Cane Toads.” The film shows that some people in Australia have great affection for them and adopt them as pets, while others go out of their way (literally, as in weaving recklessly down a paved road in a truck, crushing as many as possible).
Ryan Oakley
December 21, 2005 at 4:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It must take incredible aim to hit a toad with a truck.
larry
February 14, 2006 at 8:29 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
isn’t it amazing that we are willing to spend millions to kill a frog but do not want to spend those same millions to feed and house the homeless