Experts explain how invasive coqui frogs are arriving on Oahu

The state catches anywhere from 24 to 40 frogs on Oahu each year.

[@JustJohn505]

Coqui sounds are not annoying They are the most beautiful thing to hear at 1am before going to sleep in Puerto Rico

[@asterix00]

True, I moved from PR MN two years ago and I miss them so much, I listen to a coqui video in my home often, godbless mis coquicitos 🥰

[@lostguardian4637]

Can they be sent to Puerto Rico? They are from here and the populations are actually decreasing... :(

[@twn_ap5352]

Soy Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[@china6209]

Lost Guardian 😢😢😢😢 we want them in pr I’m glad that they live in Hawaii but we don’t have that much in PR

[@lourdese.m.d.9799]

Coquies are not harmful for the plants, by the contrary, they help to control insects that will affect plants

[@AlexisVega-xi5yq]

Yes but when they reach a place they don't belong to they can cause severe damage to the local insect populations which are very important to the ecosystem. So introducing an extra insect predator (which the coquí is) can and most likely will cause significant damage to the native insects.

[@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000]

@@AlexisVega-xi5yq False, they eat fire ants, your pest right now. You have a sound solution for that problem, but sadly you want to get rid off them. In Puerto Rico, they have never make any problem with the insect population, since most of the insects are not in the diet of the coqui, that will not change in Hawaii also.

[@AlexisVega-xi5yq]

@@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000 sorry man but you are in the wrong. They don't eat fire ants only. They live in the trees and while fire ants ocasionally go up trees they are primarly terrestrial, so coquís also eat other arboreal insects and spiders. In Puerto Rico they have never damaged the insect population because THEY ARE NATIVE to P.R. and have predators who control coquí population. In Hawaii they don't have predators and so the numbers explode and the insect numbers decrease.

[@josefigueroasr.46]

@@AlexisVega-xi5yq He doesn’t get that part where it’s native to the island and not to Hawaii.

[@bigshrimp6458]

@@josefigueroasr.46 I know it’s really hard to comprehend that Hawaii was an untouched ecosystem on the most isolated island on the planet for thousands and thousands of years even when the Polynesians brought animals they were carefully selected. I’m glad you do though

[@CenzoVD]

How are they detrimental to anything? This is the animal of Puerto Rico. The sounds they make is beautiful and soothing.

[@josefigueroasr.46]

It’s not that they are bad it’s the issue where they are not from there and they are slowly eating the natural resources of the native animals which in turn can destroy their whole habitat. I’m Puerto Rican and I love them but I understand why they are being killed on sight.

[@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000]

@@josefigueroasr.46 Si tu eres boricua, pareces no serlo, primero, los coquis nunca han representado un problema al balance del ecosistema, comen plagas dañinas como hormigas bravas (fire ants), una plaga que tiene Hawaii ahora y no saben controlar y el coqui es la solución. Lo que no comen los coquis en Puerto Rico no lo comerán en Hawaii, entonces hablas sin conocimiento. Comen insectos dañinos, no comen aves ni nada, pues apenas llegan a una pulgada de largo.

[@josefigueroasr.46]

@@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000 Bueno si tu sobre vive comiendo coco y llega un animal que daña los cocos ese animal es bueno o malo para los que comen coco ? Como es que no paresco Boricua porque estoy hablando la verdad ? El Coqui no es malo en Puerto Rico pero fuera de la isla no es lo mismo...

[@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000]

@@josefigueroasr.46 Presumes diciendo que será malo al ecosistema sin haber prueba de ello. Las especies se adaptan y muchas son inocuas, como es el caso del coqui, que no es depredador, sino controlador de plagas menores, que ahora mismo Hawaii necesita. El coqui no es malo en ningún lado. Es como en Yellowstone, que se introdujo el lobo para mantener en control a la fauna hervíbora, el coqui hará lo mismo con los fire ants, es un bien adquirido para el balance del ecosistema.

[@josefigueroasr.46]

@@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000 Es como llevar a Puerto Rico una culebra que coma nada mas when los coquises a los 3 años que susede ? Piensa antes de responder porque no es tirandole mi hermoso Coqui es la verdad

[@pr_tr4p_g4wd20]

Try as they might you will never get rid of them long love the Coqui.🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🐸🐸🐸👍👍👍

[@Nate.De.Lajas1]

🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 im from PR and i miss the sound

[@LuisTorres-zm2xd]

Bro these people are snowflakes. Can’t sleep because of a coqui, what a joke

[@CenzoVD]

This is a travesty that they are treating these beautiful creatures this way.

[@galafuze]

Funny. A sound that is beautiful in Puerto Rico, is a pest in other areas. Go figure.

[@eggy418ful]

Dont kill them, send them to their native land of Puerto Rico, the people there loved them. They are a gift from God❤️to us! 🇵🇷🙏

[@kermitsippintea]

Leave my relatives alone

[@lourdese.m.d.9799]

The coquíes are not frogs, they are toads

[@vorpal22]

Hilo resident here and nothing makes me happier than when I hear that first coqui chirp of the early evening.

[@breadondeckbreadonthefloor1297]

Ugh! I hate these people saying coquis are bad! Coquis sing great and they help bug infestations!

[@vorpal22]

I love the coquis so much... I just moved back to Hilo yesterday (finally) after seven years in Chile and hearing that first coqui of the evening made my day. It was so quiet in Chile that I couldn't sleep after having lived in Hilo.

[@MyTony40]

I thought the Coqui was only found In Puerto Rico?

[@DarkPhoenixSaga]

Yes, they were until the late 1980s, they were sent to the big island Hawaii by accident when they were on imported nursery plants. That's why they're trying to get rid of them, the coqui sing at night and the Hawaiians don't like it. They're not used to them. When I go to Puerto Rico; I love hearing them sing. It's relaxing like a lullaby, it helps me sleep.

[@sandramorey2529]

I saw my first coqui about 20 years ago. Didn't know it was a bad froggie at the time. I understand that they came in accidentally on the phony bamboo good luck plants imported from another country. They are not native to Hawaii and therefore can do some damage. They are all over the place near Hilo. Good luck.

[@alejandramatias826]

DON’t KILL THEM! They’re protected by law!

[@Luciaapo123]

Sorry not true maybe in Puerto rico. But not any where else. These frogs are killing the ecosystem of places outside Puerto rico they need to be exterminated

[@Luciaapo123]

@Zoe Kin sorry I have no respect for invasive species in Puerto Rico they have predictors so they can keep the population from killing the ecosystem any invasive species can kill the ecosystem Hawaii has the most invasive species they need to be dealt with

[@Luciaapo123]

@Zoe Kin and the frogs are thriving because Hawaii has a similar climate to the Caribbean and it has no natural predators not because of what you said

[@vigorosoPIMPJr]

@@Luciaapo123 bring them back to Puerto Rico don’t eradicate them. The coqui prob ended there cause some dumb guy from Hawaii took a trip to PR and managed to take a coqui there.

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

We Puerto Ricans love it

[@Asantanapr1983]

The coqui is in the USA quater puerto rico

[@octaneswagg]

These ppl are slow 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ coqui don’t mess with the plants

[@johnknowing-zr8de]

Like to add Hawaii is hard core democrat island. Yet Democrats say don't be racist or prejudice. Yet those same Democrats HATE those who are not born there!! They are very hateful and prejudice Democrat people

[@NovanixStudios]

Bs

[@davidacevedo8620]

They are the original racists.

[@Axelnegronperez]

I think is beautiful it's part of nature and beautiful paradise island. Very Unique

[@johnknowing-zr8de]

Anyone here vote Democrat??? Because that's who's killing the coquíes in Hawaii! I grew up in the states and for many decades wintered in Puerto Rico did work down there. Just sold my home Island done. That said I remembering hearing my first coquíe in late 70s WHAT a great way to fall asleep!!

[@davidacevedo8620]

Aponte... Is not a Mexican surname, yet you hate the sound of a tiny animal that was endemic to PR. I bet your grandparents, third or fourth generations of Puerto Rican would have given anything besides the sound of that tiny frog back in 1910 when you were taken to Hawaii to work at the pineapple plantations. If they have established is first because they have food, what food? Insects. Would you rather have mosquitoes all over you and getting sick with dengue, or being poisoned with whatever they use to kill the mosquitoes, a poison that will surely give you a slow agonizing death by cancer. Be a proud Puerto Rican and enjoy the sound. They are not noisier than crickets yet you people don't make a Crusade to kill them. I hope you have a lot of Folger's, you will need them. Read about how many species there were here and because habitat destruction many of the species have extinguished, and when an endemic animal dies it is because the place is dying as well. Trying to get rid of the coquíes is an ignorance. And you possibly sleep in A/C, so the noise is not perceivable inside a room. But they are small, they are Puerto Rican, so the abusive behavior florishes. Try, God gave us those little frogs as a way for us to notice His Creation every night before going to sleep. And you will not get rid of them...

[@jolieapuzzo861]

@@davidacevedo8620 amen!

[@davidacevedo8620]

@@jolieapuzzo861 thanks...

[@grumpigramp1207]

Maybe if you would have worked on getting rid of them on the Big Island instead of just blowing us all off once again, we would stop shipping them to Oahu, But until you do, we will CONTINUE to ship them there and bring them by private boat. ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

[@melissastillwell5677]

Grumpi Gramp what in the world do you mean? These frogs should be captured and sent back to Puerto rico! Us puertoricans love our coqui's and they are to be loved and respected. They should be sent back to PR, especially as stupid people are calling them pests, you all don't deserve our coqui

[@richardvelasquez2415]

Melissa Stillwell estoy de acuerdo, muchísima, they don’t deserve the spirit we bring through the life of a coqui

[@gabrielarivera4505]

Btch coquis are like god to us puertoricans if you don't like them give them back then 😡

[@aleistergarcia3094]

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[@HauserMcQuaid]

These little frogs are not detrimental at all. They are harmless. Le them be

[@wing0291]

This is our national treasure in Puerto Rico

[@dannysands9341]

So cute

[@faraon3000]

Prease bring them back to Puerto Rico. They are beautiful and we love them here in Puerto Rico. They are not invasive or harmful. This breaks my heart. 😪😪

[@Pr0j3ctSTI]

Here they are trying to get rid of them, I’m just here trying to get one smh.

[@JoannaVancouver]

Coqui sounds are beautiful, relaxing, mesmerizing and do NO HARM at all. You should be so lucky to have them nearby. Throwing acid on them because you don't like the sound? Ultimate human entitlement and cruelty .

[@quezbot3663]

Dude, you guys are going to throw acid on them? That is beyond cruel. Shame on you!

[@bluubandette8871]

That's so sad, they're the best choir when it rains!

[@eggy418ful]

My Coqui's are harmless!!! 😢😥🇵🇷

[@ElNietoPR]

Coquis are not detrimental to the environment🤣

[@alohaxadam3295]

I saw a lot of those in my house

[@alfauno1255]

Todo el mundo peleando por una rana 🤣🤣

[@CarlosCruz-ll5ez]

Send them to Puerto Rico, whenever I hear the Coqui sound at night I sleep like a baby!

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

were everywhere Soon NYC will have them 🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@Pr0j3ctSTI]

I’m tryin to get one myself in NYC

[@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000]

@@Pr0j3ctSTI Not possible, they won't survive cold.

[@Pr0j3ctSTI]

@@luisa.rodriguezrivera2000 That’s why they would be in a tank not outdoors

[@Pigsbloodonyou]

More tax dollar waist lmfao its a harmless frog you should kokua!