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George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension

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(He/Him) IT Exec. Composer/Sound Designer. Occasional Playwright. Retired Music Journalist. Maker of foolish and whimsical comments. Person. Doctor Who fan. Black lives matter. Trying to be kind. I like frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, birds, goats, etc

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George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · Jun 9

In the past, handicapped parakeet Lego has resisted my efforts to photograph her more impressive acrobatics. Fortunately she has been more trusting lately, and last night she let me take a picture of her hanging from the coconut by her one good foot.

Lego, a blue and white parakeet with a bad leg, uses her good leg to hang from the bottom edge of a hollowed out coconut, which is hanging in a large black bird cage. A wooden bird ladder is visible in the background.

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George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 5h

It looks like all of the Stickyfrogs had a fantastic Halloween (Treaties are always appropriate, after all). And it's good that Beverley and Trevor spent their first Halloween dressed up as the Lovecraftian Elder Deities that they will one day become.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 6h

Handicapped parakeet Lego (remember her?) has laid her first egg! It isn't fertile - it's unclear whether any of our unpartnered male birds know that she exists - but she's still protecting it (other than accidentally kicking it out of the coconut).

Lego, a blue and white parakeet with a bad leg, sits in a hollowed out coconut that's hanging from the ceiling of a large white bird cage. She has laid a small white egg, presumably her first, which is infertile as she has no mate yet.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 6h

If you're one of the handful of US-based keepers of Pumpkin Toadlets, you know that it's now impossible to get a saddle to fit any Saddleback Toad due to prohibitive tariffs leveled on Brazilian imports. This is a shame, as the saddle helps to balance the toad so it can jump more competently.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 1d

That's right! If Miller had anything in common with toads (other than looking like he regularly eats insects), he'd be a far better human being.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 1d

‪Yet again Jens gets right to the heart of the matter. If ever I were going to let a Frog eat one of my Fingers, the Politeness of his approach would be of paramount importance.‬

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 1d

If the issue of who gets the first/most Dinner was exclusively a question of who could open their mouth the widest, Round Frog would have all of the Dinner all of the time.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 1d

In a few years, when Trevor is the size of a planet and weighs 29 million tons, he will look back upon this day and laugh, and his laugh will echo across the galaxy.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 1d

Robert F. Inger lived an astonishing 98 years (he passed in April of 2019, handily avoiding COVID-19) and was arguably a giant of the herpetology world, so it's somehow fitting that a tiny dwarf toadlet has been named after him. He probably loved that.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 2d

‪This is Strong Reasoning from Jens. Treaties always seem to come from the Hand, so what if it has a permanent supply of them? You never know until you check (multiple times)!‬

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 2d

‪In addition to its Security and Fashion-Forward features, the Round Frog Butt-Hat provides the most authentic "Being Sat On by Round Frog" experience currently available. Jens is not certain why (or if) he wanted that feature.‬

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, an Early Dinner is really nothing but a Second Dinner from the previous evening that was served later than expected. It's all a matter of perspective in the end.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately the Railroad Valley Toad has no special abilities pertaining to railroads (or valleys, for that matter) but they do look extremely cute when you put them in a tiny pair of overalls and a blue and white-striped engineer's cap.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know about the rest of you, but the first time I heard that final line, with its mind-blowing "Wack Wack Wack ulp!" lyric, I knew that I would never see the world (or Trevor) in quite the same way again.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 3d

Hats from the Round Frog range -- if I'm identifying this Stylish Chapeau correctly -- come in a variety of sizes and weights. Jens should probably return to his local Round Frog retailer and exchange this one for the "pre-dinner" weight.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 3d

As Jens, Round Frog and Long Frog will attest, the opening of a cricket container is as distinctive a sound as the opening of a particularly fine bottle of wine, and inspires just as much enthusiasm.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 3d

If the Oak Toad's diminutive size seems to be at odds with its association with Oak Trees, you'll be fascinated to learn of its now-extinct relative, the Mighty Oak Toad, which regularly grew to a length of five feet and regularly ate foxes, wolves and bear cubs. It was last seen in 1784.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 4d

Long Frog eats his Wriggly Crickets with unexpected delicacy (followed by abrupt brutality). And what's up with Round Frog? She didn't attempt to Steal the Crickets. Could she possibly be... FULL?

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 4d

If it's High-Quality, State-of-the-Art Staring you need, you can do no better than Beverley and Trevor. They can stare through you as if you don't exist. They may even be able to make you cease to exist.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 4d

That is indeed a Magnificent Friend. Is he simply enjoying a Night at the Disco, or has he been pulled over by the police for Reckless Driving?

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 5d

Round Frog has never encountered a Dinner she couldn't Steal with a big enough Lunge!

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 5d

We are all fortunate to have Long Frog protecting us from Hairdryer and other Insidious Household Evils!

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 5d

Beverley and Trevor are both Highly Spherical in the best way possible! It is easy to envision them eventually growing to the size of planets!

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 6d

Wow! I counted SIXTY exciting new Facts About Jens! Which was your favorite? I liked the existential musings on whether or not Crickets understand that they're being eaten, and also Jens's confusion about what carrots are for.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 6d

Beverley has a Truly Delightful Smile! Just remember to smile back if she smiles at you, because she has the ability to turn your brain to shredded cheese if you don't.

George Zahora Has Gone Beyond the X Dimension @georgezahora.bsky.social · 6d

What a lovely Southern Brown Tree Frog! It must be very proud.