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re: Meet your mascot: TCU edition
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:04 pm to liquid rabbit
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:04 pm to liquid rabbit
What is a Horned Frog?
The Horned Frog (actually a lizard) has been TCU's mascot longer than TCU has been the university's name. Four students helped make the decision in 1897, when AddRan Christian University (renamed TCU in 1902) was located in Waco. Here are some other facts about the horned frog, one of the country's most distinctive mascots:
The scientific name for this Texas reptile is Phrynosoma cornutum; in Greek, phrynos means "a toad" andsoma means "body";in Latin, cornutus means "horned."
Their primary diet is red harvester ants; they'd like 80 to 100 a day. Unfortunately, red ants are falling victim to insecticides and to more aggressive fire ants in much of Texas.
The typical Horned Frog is three to five inches long.
Horned Frogs are cold-blooded animals and have an unusual pineal gland, resembling a "third eye" on the top of the head, which zoologists believe is part of their system of thermoregulation.
When angered or frightened, horned frogs can squirt a fine,
four-foot stream of blood from their eyes.
The Horned Frog was named the State Reptile of Texas in 1992.
In stories of Native Americans in the Southwest, horned frogs are depicted as ancient, powerful and respected. Archaeologists find horned frogs on petroglyphs, pottery and other crafts painted hundreds of years before Columbus set sail for America. In some parts of Mexico, folklore persists that these creatures which weep tears of blood are sacred.
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The Horned Frog (actually a lizard) has been TCU's mascot longer than TCU has been the university's name. Four students helped make the decision in 1897, when AddRan Christian University (renamed TCU in 1902) was located in Waco. Here are some other facts about the horned frog, one of the country's most distinctive mascots:
The scientific name for this Texas reptile is Phrynosoma cornutum; in Greek, phrynos means "a toad" andsoma means "body";in Latin, cornutus means "horned."
Their primary diet is red harvester ants; they'd like 80 to 100 a day. Unfortunately, red ants are falling victim to insecticides and to more aggressive fire ants in much of Texas.
The typical Horned Frog is three to five inches long.
Horned Frogs are cold-blooded animals and have an unusual pineal gland, resembling a "third eye" on the top of the head, which zoologists believe is part of their system of thermoregulation.
When angered or frightened, horned frogs can squirt a fine,
four-foot stream of blood from their eyes.
The Horned Frog was named the State Reptile of Texas in 1992.
In stories of Native Americans in the Southwest, horned frogs are depicted as ancient, powerful and respected. Archaeologists find horned frogs on petroglyphs, pottery and other crafts painted hundreds of years before Columbus set sail for America. In some parts of Mexico, folklore persists that these creatures which weep tears of blood are sacred.
LINK
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:14 pm to Bmath
Are there no biology profs who can teach them the difference between a reptile and a frog?
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:26 pm to Bmath
I found one in my Dad's backyard this summer and it was menacing
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:36 pm to liquid rabbit
No, they are too busy researching which brand of canned tuna has the most mercury in it.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 3:07 pm to Bmath
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The typical Horned Frog is three to five inches long
Those poor TCU coeds...
Posted on 8/29/13 at 3:27 pm to Bmath
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3) You are comparing LSU using different subspecies of the same animal, to TCU that is confused about which phylogenic class their mascot belongs to.
WTF did I just read?
Posted on 8/29/13 at 3:31 pm to Jimbeaux28
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WTF did I just read?
Posted on 8/29/13 at 3:34 pm to Bmath
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The typical flaccid penis is three to five inches long.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 4:32 pm to Bmath
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3) You are comparing LSU using different subspecies of the same animal, to TCU that is confused about which phylogenic class their mascot belongs to.
The point I was trying to make is that consistencies in a schools mascot is meaningless. To me at least. I think liquid had his tongue planted in his cheek too
Posted on 8/29/13 at 4:34 pm to tcujsauce
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tcujsauce
That shite is disgusting
Posted on 8/29/13 at 4:37 pm to liquid rabbit
Reminds me of the joke: "I'd rather have a talking frog..."
Posted on 8/29/13 at 4:38 pm to liquid rabbit
Does their mascot even lift?
Posted on 8/29/13 at 4:39 pm to PeaRidgeWatash
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The point I was trying to make is that consistencies in a schools mascot is meaningless. To me at least. I think liquid had his tongue planted in his cheek too
I was just trying to be a smarty pants.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 5:03 pm to Bmath
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I was just trying to be a smarty pants.
It's all good B. I can't resist doing the same thing. and let's crush dem frogs. Or lizards.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 6:06 pm to liquid rabbit
PedoFrog is horny for life.
Froggy glasses; don't care.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 6:10 pm to liquid rabbit
LR,
That mascot is just crap if it can't shoot blood out of is eyes.
That mascot is just crap if it can't shoot blood out of is eyes.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 6:13 pm to liquid rabbit
i bet he gets really horny after the games
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