Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 25, 2011
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Transcript:
TV: Tonight on 'Planet Earth'...the dart frog. A native of Central and South America. The frog lives in trees and feeds on insects. Small in size, the frog has no natural defenses. Thus, it must rely solely on its brightly colored skin, a signal to predators that it is poisonous and that to eat it is to suffer a slow, painful death... Crocodile: Dat guy fashion-challenged.
And yet scientists try to convince us that “animals can’t see colour.” If that were true, all those bright warning colours would be wasted.
How is being poisonous not “a natural defense”?Johnny Diego, it’s not just the white belt that’s protecting you, it’s the white belt with the plaid pants.