This sound is a shrill and rather sibilant wail, like the note of a small penny trumpet or the cry of a new-born infant. There can be no mistake about it, as I have repeatedly touched the frog ...

I HAVE on three different occasions heard a frog expostulate in the manner described by Mr. Mott One did so on being patted inquisitively by a cat; the two others on being examined by a little dog.

This is the bizarre moment a terrified frog starts 'meowing' at a cat as the curious feline attempts to touch it. The 'cat cry' unexpectedly coming from the frog was recorded in Chengdu, Sichuan, ...