The Giant Chicken-Eating Frog Will Soon Be Extinct Unless We Take Action Now!
October, 1970
Of all the Amphibians, the Salientia, or Benevolent and Protective Order of Frogs, has most often been immortalized in story and song. Frogs appear in such widely diverse songs as The Merry Widow Waltz, Camptown Races and Tara's Theme from Gone with the Wind. The full extent of the part played by a Colorado River toad in inspiring the Chilean national anthem will probably never be known. Aeschylus, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Balzac and Jack E. Leonard are among the beloved storytellers who have pa...
