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its box, and I have never since met with another 
individual like it. That this singular frog has it in 
its power to seriously injure an opponent is, of 
course, out of the question; but its unexpected 
attack must be of great advantage. The effect of 
the sudden opening of an umbrella in the face of 
an angry bull gives, I think, only a faint idea of 

Wrestler Frog. 
the astonishment and confusion it must cause an 
adversary by its leap, quick as lightning, and the 
violent hug it administers ; and in the confusion it 
finds time to escape. I cannot for a moment believe 
that an instinct so admirable, correlated as it is 
with the structure of the fore legs, can be merely 
an individual variation; and I confidently expect 
