That's why I coined the phrase "evolutionarily" lol. Let me use an example: dogs and cats are essentially captive bred, yet the hunting and killing instinct that is genetically encoded in them from their origins are still in them today. The same goes for frogs. Granted, they have never seen their natural habitat, but their wild instincts are there.

I do agree about sharp sticks, to an extent. What with close quarters, they can be a true menace for "klutzes", like retf's and white's. But broms are what they breed in in the wild. Just like captive bred birds who still have their nesting instinct encoded, I believe frogs just instinctively "know" them. I like to think that over 40 millions years of amphibian evolution has to carry some weight lol

Broms that have no sharp points, hmmm. You know how I feel about broms Lynn, so I am not as well versed as others, but, I can feel comfortable in saying the neoregalias would be safe. I would stay away from the terrestrials, they normally have sharp edges to ward of ground predators. Neos grow way up in the canopy, there the red eyes and ranitomeyas live, and there are few predators up there, so they never evolved that defense. But I sort of recall seeing a few species of neos with points on them, so I could be mistaken. Bonnie is truly THE person to answer that question. I mean, she grows a ridiculous amount of stunning broms. She would definitely be who I would run to for advice on broms.


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