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Rainbow Frog discovered in India worshipped as a God

by Amy Judd | June 16, 2009 at 04:45 pm

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A Rainbow Frog discovered in India that constantly changes colour, is being worshipped as a God by the locals.

It was found by Reji Kumar and he now keeps it at his house in a glass bottle, and although India's top zoologists want to study it, Reji is scared that is might die as it won't eat.

“My one problem is that this frog does not appear to eat. I keep trying to feed it but it doesn’t eat anything. I don’t know what else to give it,” Reji told The Sun.

When he first discovered it, it was a white colour, then it tunred yellow and was grey by the time he got it home.

“By night the frog was dark yellow, and then it became transparent so you could see its internal organs," Reji, a life worker, reportedly said.

"It seemed like a miracle to me that this frog had so many different coats. So now people come to see him and pray to him.”

Professor Oommen V. Oommen, who wants to study the frog said it is not uncommon for an animal to change colour, but as this one changes so frequently it would be interesting to study further.

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Richard Mullen (not verified)

at 05:44 on June 17th, 2009

Is it so surprising these people don't have a space program now?

I can't say too much on the U.S behalf because we get nuts weeping and going hysterical over a Virgin Mary image seen in a tortilla. If only smart people bred as fast.

Spydermonkey

at 07:56 on June 17th, 2009

Just goes to show, if you thought we have discovered it all, think again.

???? (not verified)

at 10:18 on June 17th, 2009

This guy obviously seems to be very ignorant, I'd rather do research on it if he insists on not giving in the frog. When i mean by research is going out there and searching for more on his own, going back to the same place and find possible evidence of more frogs of the same kind. You dont need high tech. to do your own experiment, obviously the frog will soon die if it doesnt seem to feed off of something.

Raju N Sampath (not verified)

at 04:49 on June 27th, 2009

Hello All,

I am from Thiruvannathapuram, Kerala, India. I would like to tell you all that the news that the Frog is being worshiped is very WRONG. People are curious to see the Frog and they come at Reji's house to get a glimpse of it and not for worshipping. It is really pathetic that the newspaper like "The Sun" publish wrong news. They got the news from somewhere and without probing into the truth they published it.

Regards,

Raju

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

India