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02/05/2008, 16:30 chris pp Joined on 30/08/2005 Vienne '86' Posts 1,712 Re: frogs Absolutely correct, the bulk of the frogs legs sold in France come from South East Asia. In addition there are some licensed frog farms in France and Belgium, but the species used have in general been introduced from Bulgaria and Greece, then captive breed in France. Chris http://www.planetepassion.com Association Planete Passion - French Wildlife in the English Language    Report

02/05/2008, 16:43 Ron Avery Joined on 29/11/2004 Aveyron 12 Posts 3,241 Re: frogs Can I just say that and I'm sure others with nearby frog ponds will bear this out, the frogs are very noisy at the moment, but this level of noise does not last all summer as Chris PP has suggested, it does die down a lot after the mating season finishes (as the tadpoles would not get any sleep with all that racket going on night after night) On many summer nights with windows wide open, we hear nothing from the nearby farmer's ponds that are so noisy at the moment, so Belle, it will not last all summer, you will get a respite and a significant drop in the noise level and quite soon. Why not post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more    Report

02/05/2008, 17:24 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 533 Re: frogs April-May is also the only time that we notice them, Ron. Maybe ours had an ASBO slapped on them before we got here as they tend to be quite restrained - certainly never enough to drown out conversation, and rarely at all in the vicinity of where we may be sitting.  They tend to grope away on the other side of the pond. Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

02/05/2008, 17:43 chris pp Joined on 30/08/2005 Vienne '86' Posts 1,712 Re: frogs With many of the "Green frogs" and "Brown frogs" either species or hybrids breeding continues through summer, sure the noise level drops but it doesn't stop. Exactly the same with tree frogs, chant right through till winter. Chris. http://www.planetepassion.com Association Planete Passion - French Wildlife in the English Language    Report

02/05/2008, 19:03 mooky Joined on 12/12/2005 79 Posts 268 Re: frogs How privileged you are to hear the sound of nature. Nuture it, and respect it. Or quite frankly move. Every living creature has a place on this world. If we can't respect a pond full of frogs, then we are in a very sorry, sad state ourselves.    Report

03/05/2008, 8:42 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 533 Re: frogs As for those screaming swifts ... Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

05/05/2008, 15:24 steve Joined on 30/01/2006 deux-sevres 79 Posts 59 Re: frogs I cannot believe that someone could be shallow enough to complain about the noise made by frogs, and have 8 shallower friends, who left because of the noise! Pond = frogs...... simple as that. Frogs make noise, so do the crickets and other insects and nightbirds. If you lost the frogs, how would you go about a mass cull of the crickets? Turn your lawn into a mass of sticky traps? We are surrounded by ponds, in fact we have one a metre away from our house in our back garden, the kitchen looks out onto it, and our bedroom over it. We have at least 20 in that pond. Out of the front of the house, we have another pond, and a stream, and a large lake, all full of frogs. Our neighbours have 3 or 4 large ponds, that they breed frogs in. None of our friends have walked out in the evening because of the noise, they all love it and find it fascinating and we certainly haven't lost any sleep because of it. We came from an area where we had helicopters flying over all times of day and night, tanks thundering past throughout day and night, lorries cars etc.... I certainly know which I prefer, IT'S CALLED LIVING IN THE COUNTRY!!!!!! (Must stress to the cats that frogs are a protected species though..... they do like to scare them!      Report

05/05/2008, 15:32 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 533 Re: frogs  steve wrote: We came from an area where we had helicopters flying over all times of day and night, tanks thundering past throughout day and night .... Let me guess .... Baghdad? Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

05/05/2008, 16:12 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,715 Re: frogs ... or next to the Chinook headquarters in Liphook, Hampshire. Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

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