MOTM April 2015 - Eli (Frogman1031)

[LilyPad]

Congratulations, Eli! Your name was drawn for this month's MOTM

Week 1, tell us all about you! We know you obviously like amphibians, but we want to know about the rest of your life. Details about you, your life, hobbies, families, past times, favorite colors, poems you have written etc etc....just use this post to brag/boast/bore us how you please.

[irThumper]

Congrats Eli!

[Frogman1031]

Oh no, where to start ?? Hmmm well thanks for picking me as MOTM this month, I'm very grateful.

Lets start with some misc. facts


1. I used to HATE frogs. I thought they were weird and gross. Go figure lol.

2. The first time I saw a frog was when I was 4, 11 years ago. It was a pickerel frog and I named it "Froggie" (ik orginal right?). A few years later my dog came in with a frog in his mouth and I was devastated to learn of Froggie's death (even though it probably wasn't the original).

3. My favorite color: purple.

4. My favorite subject is zoology but my best subject is history. There have been times where I simply could not pass up the oppurtunity to correct my history teacher (she wasnt impressed but she was proven wrong).

5. A favorite pastime of mine - cartography. For some weird reason I like to draw maps of the world and different countries. Second only to reading about frogs.

6. I have tried on many occasions to grow a tree from a seed. Each time the baby tree got run over by a lawn mower .

Boring facts I know lol

I'll try to keep up with the precedent Lisa set last month too :P

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Pretty cool facts!

[irThumper]

Fellow purple person! LOL, Eli's going for the record!

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Even though it would be pretty hard to beat 157 replies lol

[Frogman1031]

Hard, but not impossible 😉.

[BrittsBugs]

Aww, lol when did you start to like frogs and grow into your froggy addiction? (:


-BrittsBugs
5 AUS White's
1 Hon Milk
1 SM Corn
1 BP
5 HC
1 CG
4 RB Newts
6 Betas
5 MHR

[Frogman1031]

When i was 11, my parents got me 2 African Dwarf Frogs. They died quickly though since I had no idea how to properly care for them . But from that moment on I started liking frogs.

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

And have you considered owning other herps, such as lizards and salamanders?

[Frogman1031]

I've actually had a chinese water dragon and newts (all of which died). Up until a couple years ago I had no idea how to take care of anything really :/.

[irThumper]

*Coff* I know it's tempting, guys, but think we're really supposed to wait until week 4 to ask questions

Lol, I'm rooting for you to get to 158 replies, Eli! Here I was thinking I wasn't doing a good enough job, only to make more posts than anyone probably in MOTM history...! You'd think I was a spammer in a former life, lol! (Not that I believe in former lives, but hey)

[BrittsBugs]

Awe, don't feel too bad, my most successful pet around that age was a box turtle I saved from the road on a rainy day and kept at 9, I fed him beetles, earthworms, and bugs. Only to discover about 9 years later he would've been soooo much happier with a tomato and lettuce. But now my brother has one he rescued and I passed on a wealth of knowledge on what to feed him, and that it's plenty okay to take him out his cage and let him soak while you clean out all the turtle poop. (: I'll probably purchase him a book in eastern box turtles to send him for his birthday, he's an avid reader.


-BrittsBugs
5 AUS White's
1 Hon Milk
1 SM Corn
1 BP
5 HC
1 CG
4 RB Newts
6 Betas
5 MHR

[BrittsBugs]

Lol whoops /).(\ I had to inquire. I don't hear of many who hated or feared froggies changing their mind. xD I've got an aunt who screamed when I brought out a little 9 inch western hognose snake.


-BrittsBugs
5 AUS White's
1 Hon Milk
1 SM Corn
1 BP
5 HC
1 CG
4 RB Newts
6 Betas
5 MHR

[LilyPad]

Lol whoops /).(\ I had to inquire. I don't hear of many who hated or feared froggies changing their mind. xD I've got an aunt who screamed when I brought out a little 9 inch western hognose snake.


-BrittsBugs
5 AUS White's
1 Hon Milk
1 SM Corn
1 BP
5 HC
1 CG
4 RB Newts
6 Betas
5 MHR

I have an aunt who is terrified of frogs. They freak her out like I am freaked out by spiders (that's very very freaked out LOL)

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

I have an aunt who is terrified of frogs. They freak her out like I am freaked out by spiders (that's very very freaked out LOL)

And like me and pet shop crickets (only that kind btw, I just don't like those coal black eyes, and there tiny heads)

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

And like me and pet shop crickets (only that kind btw, I just don't like those coal black eyes, and there tiny heads)

And when they find their way into my room and crawl in next to me

[BrittsBugs]

Ha! Don't feel bad. I can't do them either. Spiders are like my one no no bug. Well and maybe centipedes. But I really do want to overcome my fear of spiders and maybe own a tarantula.


-BrittsBugs
5 AUS White's
1 Hon Milk
1 SM Corn
1 BP
5 HC
1 CG
4 RB Newts
6 Betas
5 MHR

[Frogman1031]

The only animal I truly fear is the wasp/hornet. The way their legs hang in the air creeps me out.

[LilyPad]

The only animal I truly fear is the wasp/hornet. The way their legs hang in the air creeps me out.

Not even centipedes and the way they scurry around? *shivers* Silverfish are the other ones I hate.