Wall Water Features

A frog mystery......?

My parents have found a small brown frog in the "water feature" of their back garden. (By water feature I mean a 10 inch figure of some kind of nymph pouring water into a small bowl , about 5 inches in diameter....it´s tiny and it´s hidden in the corner of a tiny garden) They live in a terraced house with a walled back garden in the middle of a large city.... literally miles from any lakes, rivers or waterways. It´s a complete mystery where he came from. Any ideas how the frog got there?? My sister reckons a bird could have dropped some frogspawn....but it´s a bit of a coincidence that it ended up in the miniscule bowl ....?

Public Comments

1. leave that frog alone its beeen on an epic journey!
2. I found a frog in my backyard when I lived in a similar house, in similar environment, in a * cough* similar city. Don't underestimate the power of a frogs slither ;) Mine was found in a tub that I had a Hosta in ( admittedly I had over-watered this plant and the compost had turned to soup so it could be classed as a water feature albeit an unintentional and rather crap one ...no cherubs/squirrels/nymphs or owt ) On inspection the back legs were pretty muscular though...I reckon it had done a runner from Croccy Park ;)
3. send it to me it might turn into a prince if i kiss it..
4. Frogs are very good at finding water, even very small amounts of it. Someone else in their neighborhood may have had it as a pet or took it home from a fishing or camping trip. It probably escaped and then found the water feature in your parent's back yard. That is my best guess. :-)
5. I guess a lot of your neighbors have a similar bowl, or a pond, or a pool in their garden so the frog arrived at your place through a kind of inverted island hopping. They can smell water from far away and then home in on it. When there are no ponds, even a puddle, or a dent in a roof where water has pooled, will do.
6. Now look what you've done. You'll have to find out if it's male or female, its sexual orientation, then a partner for it.