Bullfrog Dad Protects His Tadpoles
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2014
- The African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) is the biggest frog in Africa and very aggressive. But in spite of that, it's a devoted father. Bullfrogs spawn in little pools around the margins of larger ponds and after mating is over one male stays to keep watch over the newly hatched tadpoles. If the pool begins to dry up the dutiful dad digs a channel to a new water source.
Let's hear it for those devoted animal dads: to.pbs.org/2uO0MX3
Nature on PBS why now
Cool
Nature on PBS wish my dad was as good as this bullfrog
Cool
If only some sent this to dad when I was younger
“It’s VERY aggressive”
*puts his face right next to it*
Ikr
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s Sir David Attenborough for you *sighs fondly*
I was waiting for it to leap at him but nah It's just vibin
Zoom is a friend
2:05 "Go, my children. We shall rule this pond."
LMAO
lmfaoooo!
XD lmao
loolll 1111
heh.
2:06 and look how he looks at the horizon feeling like a hero dad! What a lad!
Exactly 💯
@@WamalaNastasic he's a better dad then most human dads
A real Gerald Butler moment...
@@christofferjenzen78 ur mom is Gerald Butler 😂😂😂😂
It's a frog, calm down sir.
As a tadpole who were saved by my dad, this is nostalgic!
😄
As someone who puts fire crackers in frogs mouths and enjoys “wet fireworks” this is nostalgic.
Cursed comment
thank for sharing your story, your dad sound like a great frog
@@botulismcasserole9832 oh… very…
this frog did more than my father ever did
Oh, damn! 😕
plastesin okay..... but like... i didnt ask to exist
No thank, I won't be thankful because of someone sperm.
it's ok I never had a father, he died when I was 3
Im speechless here ×.× but seriously.. I hate my mom and dad
The frog was like: lazy ass tadpoles, back in my days we used to cross deserts to reach better ponds.
Also frog: I SHALL PROTECT MY CHILDREN TOLL MY DYONG BREATH
The frog is smart though. 1:26
*humans with no fathers have left the chat*
@@oreopax8885 plot twist: their dad died bravely at a warzone knowing his children can live a better life in a safer world
Underrated comment.
Press F to respect this absolute legend of a dad
your a legend of this universe omg you legend
F
F
F
F for frog.
I didn't just get all emotional over a footage of a frog dad saving his children's lives by digging them a tunnel.
im not crying you are
The beauty of nature is all I can say.
"Its very aggresive"
Frog: *vibing*
Frog Daddy
nah< he's just there having a good time
lol
@@babelyubelbarever4591 JUICE?
alexandro Sanchez gotta be 😂
„How many kids you wanna have?“
Bullfrog: „Yes.“
1000
A ribbimillion
Over 9000
bullfrog: ALL
Bullfrogs need some birth control. How is gonna pay child support for all of them??
I love how he just sits there admiring his work and then swims off like “ my work is done here” time to go get some more frog putang
I seriously love this man's narration! So happy he was born, he makes nature fun. 😊
2:04 look how proud he looks "Yup, your papa did that. Whos the best dad? this guy"
Jasio HD hahahahaha
guy3480 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
haahah ikr!
guy3480 idk to me it seems like he's thinking fuck I should of pulled out!
Han solo Dies
cause you worth shit
“It’s very aggressive.”
*Sticks face real close to frog*
Frog: I’m just vibing, bro.
@@misterfister5810 he was going to do a vibe check
haters will say its CGi
If I'm that bullfrog i will smash the fuck outta his face using my tongue.
Unfortunately im a cupcake.
Exactly! I was really hoping it would attack the shit out of him
Truly working class hero! Hope his grand grand children will be able to watch this on YT.
Nothing like a dad to the rescue when no one else is up to the task.
the Dad of the year award goes to...
Leonardo DiCaprio
John Austin your dad..
John Austin johnnnnnn cenaaaaaaaa
How o basic
your not my real dad you frog
I love how he is just constantly stepping on his kids
bunch of them surely didn't flow down with the water and died once the inital small pond dried, and a bunch more didn't make it back into the water after being scooped out or buried when the frog was digging the canal.
You've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.
With a body like that I wouldn’t blame him
Nature is mostly "good enough"
House yup. General attitude.
Getting this on film is amazing to me. To have cameras in the right spot at the right time under specific weather and terrain conditions, all while not disturbing the natural behavior of the animal. Nature is awesome
In the end the water is more clear the probably helped the tadpoles with a little extra water
2:30 - Check out this emotional display of relief. It's just a tearfull outpouring of heroic exhaustion and gratitude.
Calm down pops - it's all over. You did it.
I love how when he’s finished he just proudly watches his children swim into the pond lol
make me think of my parents when they send me to the airport to go to another city for college.
My first thought too 😄
Yeah 2:06
Yeah but also stepped on them when he went back in the pond lol
@@amberheilig524 cant save them all lol
Who else thought the frog was gonna fight something to save the tadpoles
I thought he would fight some snake.
I thought he would fight the camera man
I thought he would fight me
@UDontDzrv ChknStripz frog v tadpoles
I thought he would fight his baby momma
I like how he just watches them go from one pond to the other like an absolute chad.
I’ve watched this multiple times & it’s still always amazes me how a frog can be such an amazing parent yet humans fail at this on a very basic level.
if only raising human children was as basic as digging a tiny stream
That’s true we fail at the basic level of digging mud canals for our aquatic infants with gills to swim through, it’s so easy how do we do it wrong?
@@Icetea-2000 Meanwhile humans make way better canals anyway...
All it dig was move a small pile of mud for 30 seconds..not that great
Raising a human child over 18 years is about 700 trillion times harder than spending a few hours digging a tiny canal bud
When a frog is a better parent than some human parents.
rip harambe
#harambezoutfordix
Jordon Vongxay better than goku
Uh I'm pretty sure he just buried a couple...
Jordon Vongxay pretty much
"And it's VERY aggressive"
Father frog: "why are you here go away"
Camera man: After I get your good side. :)
860th comment
right? with his face right next to him xD lol
😂
🤔🤔🤔
I watch this video every couple months, it’s still adorable every single time.
Never question a father's love..
*pushes mud around*
“It’s not much but it’s honest work”
Citizen?
It's a major task.
Voop Squad ??
Lmao
It's more than what my father did for me ..
2:06 he was having a proud dad moment
Made me feel pretty good too! The Tao manifesting.
@@Thomas-ui2bd Tao is an ancient Chinese philosophy that seeks the natural (and easiest) way to ''go with the flow''. Somehow, that bullfrog knew the way to save his offspring using only what was naturally provided. He was inspired, and without being told how, or making time consuming mistakes, he relied on his best instincts and saved the day. This desire to act in accordance with the principles of nature and learn from nature applies to humans as well. When people harm the Earth with pollution and indifference to nature and to each other, they act against the principles of Tao, and that always comes out very poorly. Many ancient Chinese wise men, studied nature and wrote down their observations, which have been studied and preserved for thousands in the East and hundreds of years in the West. After The Bible, The Tao Te Jing , is the most translated book in history. Best Wishes in finding your own path!
@@Thomas-ui2bd I'm sure you will be pleased. Of course, this is ''wisdom literature'' - not the kind of material you only read once! You grow old with it, pulling it off the shelf every couple of years. My favorites are the writings of Chuang-Tzu. It also helps to read some of the commentaries that explain what some of the expressions mean. Allan Watts, ''Tao, The Watercourse Way'' is a fine introduction, inexpensive on Amazon, and stocked at most libraries Confucianism and Taoism together, informed the oldest culture in Human history- there is certainly much of great value in those pages. Also TH-cam has scores of videos on Taoism, but they can't really do justice to the books, but might be a place to begin. Best Wishes on ''the path'' (one of the meanings of tao). It has held my interest for almost 50 years, although It has always been a regret that I can only read English translations.
@@westsidesmitty1 That's very insightful, thanks!
When he said 😐😐😐😐 I felt that
0:38 Nature's boba tea
Ewwah
i will never forgive you for this
Omg im crying😢😊 this one the most beautiful things i have ever witnessed. Jeremiah was so proud of himself as they all swam to the bigger pond.
"the bullfrog is very aggressive" then proceeds to shove his own face onto it.
J040PL7, the bullfrog, is a payed actor.
It was green screen
I knew someone already had this comment and started laughing 😂😂😂😂😂
I knew someone already had this comment and started laughing 😂😂😂😂😂
Bullfrogs are are not aggressive towards people usually. Ive held my fair share. I specialize in toads as pets but I've played with all sorts of frogs. Pac man and budgets frogs are said to be most aggressive but I've never been bit.
He is so protective he buries some of his children in the mud to hide them from predators.
I'll do just that when I'm older
My dog used to do that with his babies
Lol
A lot is two words, and he said "a address" instead of an address
+Itachi Uchiha rasangon or chidori would have made that mud go flying everywhere
So precious........ What an amazing smart daddy frog. I love all animals
I never thought animals could be this intelligent
You've never seen a mammal then
@ First I have a 2 dogs at home, Second how often have you seen an animal that thinks to dig and connect it to a pond to save its children, yeah not very often
@jaceboigamez2220 - The more closely we look into the lives of our fellow Earthlings, the more we discover how intelligent they are.
“The tadpoles are saved”
**Shows 15 squished tadpoles under the mud**
I know right
lmaoooo
🤣🤣🤣🤣
He did his best!
All died 💀😂
This frog is such an amazing father doesn't leave his kids for a second....and yet my dad is still at the store.....
i can assume hes not in a store...
I almost choked 😂😂💀💀
My dad still in Georgia never seen that nigga ever lol
He does eat other frogs
@@yeaaboiii3002 no need for that my guy 2 wrongs Don't make a right. 👌🏾
This is presented by the now 96 year old BBC presenter, Sir David Attenborough, an icon and living legend here in the UK. We love him dearly, such a humble unassuming clever man. He is now presenting his last series, 'Wild Isles' on the BBC and in future you will not see him on location. After travelling the world since the 1950s ( his first programme was 'Zoo Quest') it is so appropriate he finishes highlighting what nature we have left after being so depleted by our greed.
Have the confidence to speak for yourself, I personally can't stand his way of talking.
@@pigeonlove Why?
thanks for making me cry and be happy at the same time
He used sage chakra to help him dig that trench
because that elder frog is based on the african giant bullfrog
He used Lightning Resin to help him.
You guys are killing me XD
Never thought I'd see a weeaboo here.
I understand what you mean, Look I like and watch anime but seriously some fans exaggerate :/
I'm impressed that a frog knew to dig to connect the two bodies of water. That father showed a significant deal of intelligence.
brett instinct comes from evolution and frogs didn’t really evolved to dig channels, it’s just an intelligent froge
@brett He had the instinct to act smart.
Cute
@Chris Berte there goes the one comment that absolutely must comment negative about its own species
Chris Berte
no, all
You know I had the impulse to comment how the end of the video really gives a Ghibli vibe. I thought about it for a sec and just realised what a wonderful testament to the genuine and magic-of-nature approach that Ghibli have towards their films. Nature is magical, and while Ghibli films often stretch the bounds of things that could happen in our world, some of the most fantastical moments in Miyazaki’s pieces really are just portraying splendid nature. I love those films so much and I love this bull frog man, he’s the best
One of my favorite videos ever. Saved his kids.
Father Frog: “It’s a nice day to take the kids to the pond” lol cuteee
I love this comment
that "lol cute" just made my day
🤣
(Even some of them dead)
☺️
Man: “it’s a major task, but he IS DETERMINED!”
Frog: 😐
UNDERRATED HAHAHA
🗿
its not like he has facial muscles
Gage Mangrum stop ruining the joke
LOLLL
Such a great dad. Animals are so amazing!
Wow truly amazing that this bullfrog interviewed David Attenborough for his family documentary. Attenborough must feel very privileged have been his guest
2:05 I like how he's just there watching proud his idea is working.
Ahhahahahaahhahhah tru
🤣🤣🤣
That's every proud dad moment, we have this look we make, and we push our chests out and pretend like it's a surprise hahah
LMAO I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING
It looks cool tbh.
Of course he's gonna stay there and protect them. Can u just imagine having to pay child support for 978 kids?
Lmaoooooo
But fr though
Bill Gates would go broke in that situation as well
@@BernardoSucksAtCallOuts Even Jeff Bezoz would.
Yo look at your likes lol it's 979 likes
I didn't like because I didn't want to ruin it more, someone needs to remove a like from your comment to make it match with your numbers
I love how frogs are just really good dads.
I love the narrator's voice. Sounds so peaceful.
0:15 "It's very agressive"
Frog: -_-
Lmao 😂
Θ︵Θ
🤣🤣
lool
Wkwkwk
that frog was like, "hmmm, I must do something to save the children, but what? Ah, I know. Perhaps by digging a shallow canal with my hind legs, I could create a thoroughfare which the brood of youngsters might traverse, ultimately securing their safety and thus propelling my lineage into the future... ribbit"
His exact words probably
Great...except "brood of youngster"?
@@karezaalonso7110 thanks, made youngster plural now
I feel like this is a Undertale reference but idk...
@@thisonecomedian278 More like Death Note
One more time, youtube recomending this thing right on the 🐸father's🐸 day.
Love how stoic he looks after saving his children.
Little green dude is a better dad than a lot of humans
nice pfp
Yeah.. i wish my dad protects me too.. 😐
@dost thou even hoist somehow i kind of agree. Animals seems to have more morals than us..
I love your pfp
@dost thou even hoist chimps will torture weaker animals for their own amusement same with cats many animals which are carnivores will follow another pregnant animal wait for the baby to come out then eat the baby and the mother humans dont do that
Hope he doesn’t forget all their names.
😂
especially the squished one
That's the cleverest comment
Vin Rom that would be a Tad alarming?! 🙄
Marcdoubleu22LFC Ah Ha,yes,TAD.
when i was little i loved this video. it made me happy. i was probably 11 or 12 when i saw this. now im seventeen working at a subway as i write this comment in my shift and i saw this on my youtube page on my phone and it brings some joy.
ive seen this so many times over the years and it never gets less fascinating. i have a pet frog rn!
"Dad's gonna get us some water" -tadpole 37 in a squeaky voice
Edrer!!🐸🐸🐸🐸
"new pond?" says tadpole #2721
Lewd tadpole
They are a lot more than 37
@@majesticscope6782 its just number 37 . he didnt say there are only 37
"The tadpoles are saved"
*sees tadpoles left on the mud to dry out and die*
Yep that's me
the needs of many outweigh the needs of the few
tadpoles: "daddy help were stuck in the mud!"
bullfrog: "then get back in the water!"
I guess that's survival of the fittest tho
USMC Asf they'll probably roll back in
USMC Asf where is it?
Well i like how he looks like he's staring at the sun after saving the day, a true hero. Good video on TH-cam without music
He’s a better father than what passes for a dad these days.
Hippity hoppity expanding my property
Aaron davis HAHA
Aaron davis Get off my lawn!
Croakity croak I love this joke
You're a funny Jew you.
Nicholas Jonas wtf is wrong with being Jewish? Fucking hitler
i think the bullfrog accidentally burried some of the tadpoles in the mud xd
But still for an animal. That problem solving is incredible
I'm an animal and I've solved more complex problems, like what is 2+2.
+samuricexful Noice I'm still on 1+1
😂😂 I saw the same thing. He probably was like "I told yall to back up and be patient!"
they should've buried YOU in the mud ya germ..😂😂
Awww what a good dad!
everyone chillin until he goes to buy milk
I love how he stands there as they flow into the bigger pool like he's Moses or something.
Edit: I knew in my heart that a good ol' religious argument would break out in the replies. Keep it real, TH-camrs.
He’s the main character
@God Bless he's calling
Great explanation
@God Bless when you find a comment like yours is a calling from God.
@God Bless Amen! My brother.
He protec
He attac
But most importantly
He got his kids bac
Billy Brandt you need more likes😂
Billy Brandt i swear i knew there would be a comment with he protec and i scrolled through and saw this 😂
Billy Brandt damnit I was going to do that meme
Billy Brandt hahahahha
Billy Brandt you missed an opportunity most importantly he quac
This builds my soul, TY!
I'm middle-aged and crazy this man was narrating my favorite PBS videos on nature when I was a kid talk about longevity
"He's a devoted father"
-Frog steps on his kids-
good one I chuckled hard
buries some in mud too
I laughed at that, used them to reinforce the walls.
@@dannyboythelastman1944 9. Reckon*
A word we have in English, but it’s much more commonly used in Australia. If you used this term in North America, you may think the speaker was a cowboy, but in Australia it’s just seen as normal. Example of use: “I reckon we should go see a movie.”
He is like, there are too many anyway 😅😆😆
“The tadpoles are saved!”
Tadpole that got stuck on land: am I a joke to you?
lol same, stuck in mud to be forgotten.
"I knew you didn't like me!"
Sherry Bergstrom I don’t think it’s his
Si Dunue
What’s with all the “offspring”?
Si Dunue
oh
One of my favorite moments ever in documentary.
Love the little spirals on them.
He casually saving them and shows no emotions on his face. What a dad thing to do
That's definitely the face of someone with 3,000 kids.
@@TercelRepairManual 😂
@@TercelRepairManual yep looks like nick cannon.
@@TercelRepairManuallmao
Me: But how about the other tadpoles that dies in the process
Daddy Bullfrog: It's a small price to pay for salvation
Angelo Miguel Nieves rip
I mean it's absolutely true though. Christ,if bullfrogs were capable of counting,I doubt he would've let it happen.
Your pic is literally cancer...
@@Luis-vy9bm You should've took the high ground
@@Luis-vy9bm thought it was a thot at first....
That is the sweetest thing about frogs I have seen!
Awe yay for Dad ❣️
narrator: *the tadpoles are saved*
the tadpoles who got stepped on and cemented by the mud: *haha okay*
Gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette.
Less kids = less child support
@@christinacarroll3957 Not necessarily. A broke bloke can have 10 kids with a woman, but a billionaire would have to pay a hell of a lot more for child support for just ONE kid.
@@point-five-oh6249 ok I think your right i wouldn't know because im just a kid on my step moms profile so yeah I dont know anything about child support
@@point-five-oh6249 depends on the lawyer but its because its based on a percentage.
I think the dad squashed a few of them while digging
digging is tiring work he needs to eat those ones after for energy. some must die so others may live.
L1am21 you can't take a joke ._.
L1am21
how sad :(
MochiTea take a joke? i just made one.
Aw man D:
Attenborough - "The tadpoles are saved....apart from a dozen dead ones that got crushed by their dad's foot".
Bullfrog Afrika in Indonesia
th-cam.com/video/OVeZCrkuhOA/w-d-xo.html
It’s quite sad to think that this amazing narrator man has most likely passed away by now. Thank you for your hard work and amazing vocals.
He hasn’t. He is 97 years old now and healthy
Sir David attenborough is a national treasure
still kicking. even filmed a new tv series for next year i think.
Frog: sees larger body of water
Tadpoles whisper: “its free realestate”
Frog: sees larger body of water
AF INV whispers: "I'm gay"
@@charon_lix Lmao you go through TH-cam calling gay all the people? You're probably a repressed gay yourself
HannibalKantter
Uuuuuuuuuuuu
Maybe that sad or it the truth
I just laughed so hard thankyou
Dad: "Are you winning son?"
Son: "Yea, because of you, dad."
This is hella wholesome
Banndaq
Lame
CRINGE!
K I N L E Y . E x E are u sure gacha pop tart he can be 69 years old
Amazing footage. Thank you. Very interesting!
Love how he walks on a few to get into the pond afterwards 🤣
Sir David Attenborough: "The tadpoles are saved"
Tadpoles that were buried: "Am I a joke?"
I don't think they would live to say that.
Which one?
Well u have to make sacrifices for the benefit of many
Small price to pay for salvation
@@rpmusic6402 Itachi Uchiha
"It's very aggressive" *puts his face closer to the frog*
exactly lol
Bro another Eren Yeager pfp no hate this cuz mines is his
You feel me!?🤣🤣
@@timvanloo6 Ah yes, I guess if I see another comment saying a similar thing I could assume that it was copied and they did it for likes. Can't more than one person think the same?? Before I commented this I didn't read any similar ones. That was just the first thing that came to mind. Baka
What I was thinking 🤣
This is most lovely video i have ever seen
Best narrator ever
This is why you should never skip leg day.
Good Gregory You look like you know what you are talking about.
Mischu Wischu 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 he’s like 9
@@mischuwischu4305 chill 😂
I literally laughed out loud. That was funny.
This so funny, especially beause I always skip ip
“It’s very aggressive”
Head 10inches away
He is so protective he buries some of his children in the mud to hide them from predators.
Actually that is an effect. He is far enough to be safe, but the camera is besides the frog.
@@0nePieceGeneration He Zoom in to the frog !
@@Hybrid14498 Yeah and the man is behind the front in a safe distance.
he's in a studio somewhere.. probably closer to 10000 miles from the damn frog.
What a good daddy frog 🐸!!!♡
I swear, he seems to be smiling at the end. Good man!
1:42 RIP the baby who got cemented into the mud by daddy's foot. Oh well, can't save them all.
I lost it😂😂. That's so sad
I mean... there’s a lot more tadpoles that are alive but RIP T~T
I didn’t even notice RIP little buddy RIP
I'm willing to bet a lot of them die in that situation.
the music really made it funny lmfao
This guy's voice is nostalgic for me
Cujo Reitzel The guy narrating is Sir David Attenborough
Cujo Reitzel i
Cujo Reitzel i
Cujo Reitzel why
Very
This Narrator is magnificent.