Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for March 21, 2018

First left, past Narnia.

“Look, Innsmouth is over there!”

McHatfield and DeCoy

378nm? Is this a purple people eater?

The sun reflects the water and this can happen.

I, Forty…

Or does the water reflect the sun?

That way lies madness

It’s quite obvious, y’all. It’s 378 nautical miles (NM) from our favorite decoy world, Froglandia. Pay attention next time. It’s written all over that purple guy’s face. Or is that his butt?

378 NM seems like a long way to go, but he’s got high hopes.

An individual hollers loudly upon reaching the entrance, ‘WHO GOES THERE?’

Great, Abner! No more fishy-fryin’ smell!

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie

that’s a moray…

Ultraviolet A

Japanese researchers from Tohoku University describe in the journal Scientific Reports that certain wavelengths of visible light are lethal to certain species of insects. For instance, blue light (wavelength = 467 nm) was nearly 100% lethal to fruit fly pupae, while ultraviolet A light (wavelength = 378 nm) was only about 40% lethal.

If I were a carpenter ant

and you were a lady

would you marry me anyway

would you have my… larvae?

This looks suspiciously like a past-its-prime sweet potato that I pulled up out of the garden a week ago.

The old aunt and the sea.

A false Earth and when you see people like him you will know your error.

And I built an escape using all my energy

Just to come back to life, back to life

Man, that is one freaky fisherman. Considering how odd-looking some sea creatures are, he probably looks on the normal side.

See this blob sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APsychrolutes_phrictus.jpg

This is so far out to sea that I cannot even see the sea! Why does Sister need a scarecrow-rower in her skiff? Scaring away the circling Great Whites? Lending authenticity to the studio photoshoot? Making us wonder how hard it will be to row, row, row 378 Nautical Miles?

It’s a slow boat to China from Froglandia….

This could be a vaguely Lovecraftian story only with Silurian Sea Scorpions acting like people. Where have all the humans gone?