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Hue-Changing Frog Worshiped as God in India

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(Newser) – A frog that changes colors from white to green to gold is being worshiped as a god in India, reports the Telegraph. The creature was discovered in a flower garden and has drawn hundreds of worshippers to its home in western India. "It seemed like a miracle to me that this frog had so many different coats," said the man who discovered the frog. "So now people come to pray to him." Scientists  are looking forward to studying the creature.

Kermit knows how captivating frogs can be.
Kermit knows how captivating frogs can be.   (Getty Images)
A frog discovered in India changes from white to green to cold to transparent, says the man who discovered him in a flower bed.
A frog discovered in India changes from white to green to cold to transparent, says the man who discovered him in a flower bed.   (©prudencebrown121)
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By night the frog was dark yellow, and then it became transparent so you could see its internal organs. - Lift worker Reji Kumar, who found the frog in a flower bed

By night the frog was dark yellow, and then it became transparent so you could see its internal organs. - Lift worker Reji Kumar, who found the frog in a flower bed

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NutsInNY
Jun 8, 09 5:56 AM CDT
Eat its flesh, drink its blood -- then you've got a real religion. Reply
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Thinker
Jun 8, 09 6:58 AM CDT
There is no such thing as "real" religious anything but ignorance. Reply
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Chilblain
Jun 10, 09 3:43 PM CDT
and intolerance................
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Caps
Jun 8, 09 8:45 AM CDT
What's this world coming to? Reply
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Collusive
Jun 8, 09 9:11 AM CDT
the exact same place where it has been the last 10,000 years of religion?
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