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A man is in an area where blue-backed frogs are quite common. He finds one and it then begins to rain quite hard, to which he becomes quite stressed. The rain becomes more and more ferocious and the man has to leave, quite disappointed. Who is the man, and what is going on? (Hint: blue-backed frogs are now extinct)

The man is Noah and he is looking for a pair of blue-backed frogs to take onto the Ark to prevent them from going extinct. Hence his disappointment in not being able to find 2 blue-backed frogs.

Why this works

This riddle cleverly plays on the biblical story of Noah and the Ark, where Noah was tasked with saving pairs of animals from extinction during the Great Flood. The "blue-backed frogs" serve as a stand-in for a real animal that has gone extinct, which adds a layer of irony since Noah's mission was precisely to preserve species. The man's disappointment stems from the fact that he couldn’t find a pair of these frogs to bring onto the Ark, highlighting the urgency and stakes of his mission amidst the intensifying rain, symbolizing the impending flood.

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Common Wrong Answers

“A scientist studying amphibians”

While a scientist could be looking for frogs, the riddle specifically refers to Noah and the Ark, which relates to a biblical context rather than a scientific one.

“A zookeeper trying to rescue animals”

Although a zookeeper might be concerned about animal preservation, the riddle's focus on the biblical figure Noah and the specific task of finding a pair of frogs for the Ark makes this guess incorrect.

“A gardener worried about his plants”

This guess is incorrect because the riddle centers around Noah's search for blue-backed frogs to save them from extinction, not a gardener's concern about plants, which is unrelated to the frog theme and the biblical narrative.

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