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You never know what kind of reaction you will encounter when sharing a photograph. When I showed this photograph of an Osteopilus septentrionalis, or Cuban tree frog, to a co-worker, she responded with: "That gives me a severe visceral feeling of disgust!"
Not quite the reaction I was looking for form this shot. I did not even know what "visceral" meant, but it was not good.
OK, it is the largest tree frog in the United States, has toe pads big enough to lift a car, is slimy and croaks an eery raspy snore. So if you have batrachophobia and this picture jumps out at you, sorry, but at least the frog did not have fotografizophobia.
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Feelin' froggy?

Bradenton Herald photo gallery. 3 hours ago

Man killed, girl seriously injured in Venice plane crash 3 hours ago
Orange Ridge-Bullock El students to have Day of Hope at Bethel Baptist 3 hours ago
Lofty goals for new Florida Polytechnic University 3 hours ago
Waste haulers want chance to bid for Manatee County contracts estimated at $140 million 3 hours ago

Crime

Brenna Carmichael, motor vehicle theft, $1,500 bond

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on July 27, 2014

Some of the latest inmates booked at Manatee County jail Sunday, July 27, 2014.

Sports

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer delivers to the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 27, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Archer rankled by Ortiz, Bosox end TB's win streak

Chris Archer saved his brushback pitch for David Ortiz until after the game. 3 hours ago

The Big Hurt and Joe Torre headline HOF class 9 minutes ago
It's 'Jeff Gordon Day' at Indy for record 5th time 46 minutes ago
Lakeland Flying Tigers rally to beat Bradenton Marauders 3 hours ago
Italy's Vincenzo Nibali wins Tour de France 46 minutes ago

The 41-year-old DeSoto Square mall will be up for auction from Tuesday through Thursday, and even with a high bidder the place could not exchange hands. Community members and experts believe it's time for DeSoto Square to be reimagined.

Foreign travel chafes Florida customers upset with Citizens Property Insurance 3 hours ago
Bradenton, Manatee gas prices hit four-month low
Real estate transactions July 28, 2014 3 hours ago
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Opinion

Don Hall, deputy superintendent of operations, right, and Heather Jenkins, director of budget, left, address the Manatee County School Board and district administrators as they present a draft of the 2014-2015 budget during a board meeting on June 24, 2014.PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Time for public to scour Manatee County school district budget

As the Manatee County school district moves into a new year, the preliminary budget holds several striking improvements that continue the recovery from financial mismanagement under the previous administration.

Living

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 28 -- FILE - In this March 27, 2014 file photo is a marijuana vaporizer in Bloomington, Minn. After years of failed efforts, Minnesota lawmakers last session passed one of the nation’s strictest medical marijuana laws. Patients can only use a pill, liquid or vaporized form of the drug, and only those who suffer from eight illnesses. The state's real work has now begun, ranging from the mundane, like securing office space, to hiring a research director to help determine dosages and placing eight dispensaries across Minnesota.

Wanted: Manufacturers for new medical pot program

Dr. Marshall Brinton saw the headlines after Minnesota passed a medical marijuana law, looked around at the equipment in his old veterinary laboratory and thought: Yeah, I could do that.