You’ve heard of Terry the Forg Mage, now get ready for Craig the Toad Wizard. A seriously studious boy, he likes spending his time refining his magical skill in his cozy wizard’s cottage, enjoying a nice cup of coffee, and lightly stewing about how Terry thinks he’s so cool and Craig definitely knows he’s as cool as Terry and definitely isn’t lightly insecure about how cool Terry is.

#art #toad #fantasy #wizard #watercolour

You’ve heard of Terry the Forg Mage, now get ready for Craig the Toad Wizard. A seriously studious boy, he likes spending his time refining his magical skill in his cozy wizard’s cottage, enjoying a nice cup of coffee, and lightly stewing about how Terry thinks he’s so cool and Craig definitely knows he’s as cool as Terry and definitely isn’t lightly insecure about how cool Terry is.

#art #toad #fantasy #wizard #watercolour

Once tadpoles lose lungs, they never get them back https://phys.org/news/2025-10-tadpoles-lungs.html https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpaf192/8296690

"all #frogs have lungs, so #tadpoles retain the genetics to regain lungs when environmental pressures might favor having them but instead evolve alternate solutions... The lungless African red #toad lives in low oxygen waters, and while redeveloping lungs might seem like the obvious solution, these tadpoles have instead evolved a crest of vascularized skin on top of their heads"

Once tadpoles lose lungs, they never get them back https://phys.org/news/2025-10-tadpoles-lungs.html https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpaf192/8296690

"all #frogs have lungs, so #tadpoles retain the genetics to regain lungs when environmental pressures might favor having them but instead evolve alternate solutions... The lungless African red #toad lives in low oxygen waters, and while redeveloping lungs might seem like the obvious solution, these tadpoles have instead evolved a crest of vascularized skin on top of their heads"

Bufo bufo



#nature #naturephotography #toad #amfibian #wildlife #wildlifephotography #autumn

Bufo bufo



#nature #naturephotography #toad #amfibian #wildlife #wildlifephotography #autumn

Wishing you the unshakable zen of this tiny frog in my garden

#gardening #frog #toad#tomato #FridayFeeling

Wishing you the unshakable zen of this tiny frog in my garden

#gardening #frog #toad#tomato #FridayFeeling