12/26/2011

Frogs as loud as a Jet Plane, Complain Hawaiins

The coqui is a tiny, coin-sized frog but one which is so noisy in night time that people in Hawaii are actually complaining.
 People in the Big Island, where these frogs are appearing in large numbers,  complain of sleep-less nights because of  the noise created by male coqui in the night. According to the residents, this noise, which they actually create in an attempt to summon partners, is as loud as a jet airplane!!

Associated Press reports, "The frogs are also preventing the state's plant nurseries from exporting to some markets, and depressing some Big Island property values. The frogs aren't stopping tourists from visiting, but there's a fear they could if they spread further."

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