My mind makes strange connections

When I read this headline...

 Invasive bullfrogs are spreading in the West. Here’s why scientists are so alarmed.

... this was literally my first thought.  

I don't remember much about the movie — I'm not even sure I saw the whole thing — so I can't really recommend it (except in the sense that I'll recommend anything that has Sam Elliott in it), but I can vouch for the Vox article, which is quite good.

American bullfrogs are not native to the Western US. Humans brought them to the region more than a century ago, largely as a food source. And in the years since, the frogs — which are forest green and the size of a small house cat — have multiplied dramatically, spreading to countless ponds and gobbling up everything that fits in their mouths, including federally threatened and endangered species. Conservation scientists now consider them among the most dangerous invasive species in the Western US, and in the 40-plus other countries worldwide where they’ve been introduced.

That leaves bullfrogs in an unusual position. Invasive species are typically brought in from other countries — Burmese pythons in Florida and spotted lanternflies in New York City come from Asia, for example — but American bullfrogs are, as their name suggests, American. They’re both native and invasive in the same country. And the difference of just a few states determines whether we treat them like pests or as an important part of the ecosystem.

Benji Jones deserves credit for his in-depth reporting here, and for giving us the disturbing image of frogs eating "Mice, birds, turtles, snakes, rocks, other bullfrogs."