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minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·1 day ago> Hairy > Small > Uses bones as weapons Yeah, whoever called it the wolverine frog did an excellent job
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·1 day agoI’m pretty sure its the other way around: this frog would have been the inspiration for the character. animals often are. especially unusual ones.
minus-squareBinturong@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·22 hours agoMaybe the other animal named just wolverine was the inspiration too…
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·19 hours agoa combo. Pretty sure wolverines don’t break their own bones to grow knuckles
minus-squareBinturong@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoWell the comic character also doesn’t do that, so that kinda is my point actually. Maybe we can compromise on Wolverfrog.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours ago…i can see someone didnt even bother to look at the diagrams or read any deeper about this frog frog has been around well before the character
minus-squareMommy Longarms@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoActually, the name wolverine frog is a direct reference to the comic book character.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agofrog has been around well before the comic book character. the character trait idea could have come from the frog. authors do this all the time
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoDo you think it’s been called “wolverine frog” since the moment it existed?
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoi think youre replying to the wrong post. as this is exactly what im trying to dispell.
> Hairy
> Small
> Uses bones as weapons
Yeah, whoever called it the wolverine frog did an excellent job
I’m pretty sure its the other way around: this frog would have been the inspiration for the character.
animals often are. especially unusual ones.
Maybe the other animal named just wolverine was the inspiration too…
a combo. Pretty sure wolverines don’t break their own bones to grow knuckles
Well the comic character also doesn’t do that, so that kinda is my point actually. Maybe we can compromise on Wolverfrog.
…i can see someone didnt even bother to look at the diagrams or read any deeper about this frog
frog has been around well before the character
Actually, the name wolverine frog is a direct reference to the comic book character.
frog has been around well before the comic book character.
the character trait idea could have come from the frog. authors do this all the time
Do you think it’s been called “wolverine frog” since the moment it existed?
i think youre replying to the wrong post. as this is exactly what im trying to dispell.