A byootaful Life

Click here to read Part 1 of my trip to the Vancouver Aquarium if you missed it!

So… my eyesight isn’t the best (even with glasses on) and as frogs enjoy hiding in their tanks, I found it rather hard to spot them. However, I quickly picked up a trick while walking through the amphibian enclosure – follow the guy in front of you. Make sure he’s with someone else, because that way, when he points out the frogs to his companion, you can subtly look where he’s pointing, so when they move on to the next tank, you already know where the frog is! Huzzah! You’re welcome.

I didn’t have a hard time finding this nasty looking toad though! He was staring at me with those beady eyes, ugh. There were about six toads in the tank together and they just… stared at you. They reminded me of the cane toads we have in Australia. We used to have to catch them to take them to school for science class. Of course, the girls always got the boys to catch theirs for them!

As much as I think they are gross, I have to admit that they did photograph well.

It’s interesting that the prettier the frog, the more poisonous they seem to be! This beautiful blue-legged Poison Dart frog was tiny and delicate, sitting on the log. Apparently one frog has enough venom to kill 10 grown men! Pretty and deadly.

There was a variety of frogs, of all different shapes, sizes and colours, including green frogs…

…and red frogs

…and frogs pretending to be a leaf on the ground (trust me when I say I definitely needed the guy in front of me to point this one out to his girlfriend, so I could find it too!)

…and frogs that aren’t actually frogs at all (like this white salamander). I first saw a salamander when we were in Japan and I remember thinking how weird they look! I think my exact words were, “What the heck is that?!” It looks like it’s not quite real in some way.

After the frogs, it was time to head outside for a bite to eat before visiting the animals in the outdoor tanks. We met a cheeky little squirrel who obviously got hand-fed a lot by the guests to the aquarium, because it had no problem coming right up to us…