Facts About Hawaii - The Problem With Coqui or Koke Frogs?They ALL Sing "Kokee, Kokee" All Night Long"

It is six in the morning and I can hear the birds singing like crazy here on the Big Island of Hawaii. The koke, or coqui, frogs have gone to bed for the day. I cannot hear their constant kokee chirping, ah yes they are finally resting. This is an article about the Couqui/Koke and facts about Hawaii.

I am so used to Couqui frogs singing, "Kokee", that I rarely notice them anymore.

My sister was on the phone with me once and said, "WHAT IS THAT!?" I actually had to think for a minute about what she was referring to .. it was the koke' s (coqui's).

Couqui frogs all join together at night and YELL, "KOKEE, KOKEE, KOKEE".. thousands of them! Like crickets with a microphone. It is the boys out there singing away. The little girl coquis are just listening and I guess waiting for the boys to come their way. They must indeed be coming their way because they are multiplying like crazy!

Koke or Coqui frogs are around little, some the size of your thumbnail, really cute looking in a froggie sort of way. They can be green, yellowish, or brown.

They aren't swimmers, no, and have never been tadpoles. They have little disks on their toes like geckos. Geckos are cute yeah? Cute with those little toes adhering to the ceiling even, as they try to capture a mosquito or two inside the homes of people who live in Hawaii. Yup! I admit it, geckos live inside my house and I let them! I actually wrote an article about one that I named Tony, called, "I Thought I Killed Tony! WAAA! But It Wasn't My Fault After All...I Hope!" What would life be like without a bit of silliness I always figure.

They get up at around dusk after snoozing all day. They must be exhausted from all that singing and of course all that sex. They sing till the sun just starts to come up and then its time to rest again. What a life huh? They are actually hurting real estate, I am sure that does not surprise you. If it does you need to come here and take a listen. Smile.

Hawaii spays for them sometimes, and then you hear less of them, but that just lasts for a month or two. I tell you facts about Hawaii, it is what it is, spraying seems to be a part of the answer of this invasion.

The newspaper often posts stuff about what to do. Some people, like my husband, put a bottle with the open end right next to the intended victim and they just pop right into the bottle. What can they be thinking?

Then people, like my husband, put the bottle into the freezer! Ewww!

I actually wrote a poem about it and posted it on ezines. It is the one that says, "There's a Koke in My Freezer and a Lizard in My Tub".

It really is not great for the appetite when one goes to the freezer for ice cream and there is a pitiful couqui, literally quite frozen in his tracks! Hey, maybe that is a good thing in a way? I will certainly eat less ice cream.

I have one last thing to add, "Kokee!"

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