Croaking and Angry Pacman Frogs

[John]

These are some very surprising videos from youtube.

Croaking horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata):
YouTube - Ornate Pacman Frog croaking!

Very angry Ornate horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata):
YouTube - Angry Frog

Another angry horned frog (Same frog that is croaking in the first video):
YouTube - Ornate Pacman Frog getting defensive!

Another growler (probably Ceratophrys ornata):
YouTube - ONE PISSED OFF PACMAN!!!!

[John]

Here's a growling Budgett's frog:
YouTube - Deadly Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka

And a growling Fantasy Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli hybrid with C. cornuta)
YouTube - Pissed off Fantasy Frog in HD. Volume up.

(Note to anyone watching this - don't use small gravel like that with your frogs because they can swallow it accidentally and it can cause a blockage in their gut, known as an impaction, which can kill your frog)

[Kurt]

Real cool video, I do like seeing the defensive response of the pac-man. It blows up like a toad, but then adds hissing and biting to the mix.

Budget's don't even look real. They look like a cartoon.

[John]

The second Pacman video is fantastic - in between screams he's actually growling.

[Kurt]

It didn't work when I clicked on it, The rest worked fine.

[into]

Is this normal pac-man behaviour or just when taunted?

[John]

Chris - I've actually never seen them do this but I've never kept ornata either. Kurt - click the second video and it says "blabla disabled by request. Watch on youtube" - click the watch on youtube part.

[Kurt]

OK I will do that.

[Kurt]

Very cool, but it doesn't seem too wise to keep all those pac-mans in the same cage.

[John]

Somewhere on that page or in the audio she says that's not their normal container.

[Ebony]

May be I'm being silly, but I kinda felt sorry for the Frogs.

[JeffX]

I've never seen one do that.

[Kevin1]

In the second video you can see one of the ornates actually bites the other's foot and causes it to scream.

[John]

Well I got my two Ornates going today - I had the water sprayer on "stream" instead of "mist" and the little guy started growling and barking just like the second video. The larger one opened its mouth but made very little noise. I wonder if one sex has a higher propensity for growling and barking?

[Kevin1]

If there was, I would guess it would be the females.

[John]

If there was, I would guess it would be the females.

*Chuckle*

[TypingMonkey]

I don't you should taunt your pacman just to see how it reacts. First you don't know how stressful it can be for them and also it doesn't do a good owner-frog relationship.

[Tom Highum]

Monkey I don't think that John was purposely antagonizing them.

[TypingMonkey]

Wasn't saying he was but that's what I think of the videos.

[John]

Yeah the videos definitely wear. It was an accidental discovery for me with the little fellow - he wasn't even in the direct path of the stream, I think he was more surprised that large droplets hit him. The bigger one I did aim at but got little reaction from it.