He raised an “army” of over 1 million frogs in his yard, but they have spread throughout the neighborhood and warn of environmental damage.

One influencer found it fun to create what he called in his backyard an “army of frogs”apparently as part of a social media movement under the hashtag #frogarmy, which has a worldwide following.

Specifically, the tiktoker Thinfrog documented and shared on social networks all the process it has carried out to create his “army of frogs”.

The first video shows how he was collecting in the area where he lives what he valued 1.4 million tadpoles. Then he put them all in a canvas pool that he set up in her backyard.

From there, Thinfrog posted images and videos about the evolution of reptiles. As long as in a show a “sea” of small frogs already formed by jumping everywhere.

“This is the largest army of frogs in history but now I regret it because no one can go into the garden “, he hears himself say.

And it’s not just your garden that’s invaded by frogs. In another video he tells that the amphibious fleet had begun to spread into the gardens of other houses and that the invasion even made a neighbor move.

A trend that scares experts

With 1.9 million followers and 19 million cumulative likes, Thinfrog caused a sensation with its “army of frogs”, but It is not the only one “mass frog breeder.

The #frogarmy tag has over 400 million views on TikTokand countless hobbyist frog enthusiasts have bred thousands of tadpoles in makeshift pools and ponds since 2021.

With the “army of frogs” trend gaining more traction online, some experts are concerned from the broader implications of the trend.

Dawood Qureshi, marine biologist and researcher at BBC Wildlifecommented on meter that mass breeding of frogs like this one can have several “Side effects”.

“Raise so many frogs definitely not good for the environment“said the expert.” It can cause an influx of frogs that would not normally survive in this environment and which can have adverse effects. “

“Such as the release of too many predators of various insect species without many natural limits, which therefore reduces the number of insects and can, in turn, have a negative impact on important processes such as pollinationa process that ensures that food plants grow and thrive, “he added,

According to Dawood, an infestation “could also cause call pest control“and that it could generate “Collateral damages” from other dead animals in the same habitat, such as rodents, hedgehogs and foxes.

“This, of course, it further ruins the food chain“, hill.

Meanwhile, another expert, also a tiktoker, called Froggie Biologist, who is an environmental consultant and biologist, posted a video on his TikTok profile which already accumulated more than 2 million reproductions where he harshly criticizes that trend.

The specialist warns that the frogs could be a “Invasive species”, meaning that “if they are found in a non-indigenous area, they have the potential to cause harm to other wildlife and natural resources in that area.”