This has been bothering me for a long, long time. Every time I go to my neighborhood QFC I am confronted by the horrible cover of a book called The Meaning of Life on display near the checkout stand:
Now, I’m sure the book itself is ridiculous, but I just cannot get past this cover! I understand the desire to have a picture of a green frog, BUT THIS FROG IS NOT GREEN!!! The frog on the cover is a juvenile
Xenopus laevis, the African Clawed Frog. This frog is actually greyish-brown, not green. Anyone should know that. The green was added in post production:
Why would they do that?!? There are tons of frogs that are actually green. They could have chosen a picture of any of those, but they decided to go the route that would piss me off. People need to stop!!If you care to learn more about real frog, please check out the excellent series at
Tetrapod Zoology. Amen.
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on Friday, November 23rd, 2007
in Category Funs.
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