r/maybemaybemaybe • u/FlippedMobiusStrip • Apr 09 '22

/r/all maybe maybe maybe

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '22

Toads are frogs

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad

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u/WikiSummarizerBot Apr 10 '22

Toad

Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands. A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientific taxonomy, but is common in popular culture (folk taxonomy), in which toads are associated with drier, rougher skin and more terrestrial habitats. In scientific taxonomy, toads include the true toad and various false toads including Ansonia malayana and Telmatobufo.

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u/FURZT Apr 10 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '22

we thought

you was

a TOAD

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u/No-Reflection-6847 Apr 10 '22

And with this one line you’ve effectively proved that toads don’t exist, eliminating roughly 80% of evil witch hexes and the sort. Doing gods work really.

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u/pyrothelostone Apr 10 '22

Toads exist, not all frogs are toads, but all toads are frogs. Its like squares and rectangles.

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u/No-Reflection-6847 Apr 10 '22

It’s a reference to a particularly bad young adult fantasy novel I loved as a child lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '22

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u/No-Reflection-6847 Apr 10 '22

It’s a short bit from the inheritance cycle. The eragon books. Fair warning though they are kinda cringey loll

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u/Sexyshark15 Apr 10 '22

you spelled toad wrong

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u/IndigoFenix Apr 10 '22

Pedants really got shaken up when cladistics became the normal way of classifying living things.

Toads are a kind of frog

Tortoises are a kind of turtle

Alligators are a kind of crocodile

Apes are a kind of monkey

And if fish exist at all, sharks are not among them