When I initially arrived at my unit I had x2 resident green frogs living in my toilet!! Their croaking was an otherworldly sound coming from inside the rim.
I'd flush and their little back legs would be scrambling to hold on 🤣
Sometimes they'd lose the battle and disappear round the bend...but by next time they'd be back again!
After two weeks one was sitting on the toilet, I managed to catch it and pop it outside. Then they started to croak to each other for a week...one outside and one inside 😆. Managed to catch the other one after some evening rain started a conversation from the outside frog. Yay reunited again!!
We had two evenings in a row of heavy rain which then bought out the frog chorus. I can't load it here, only photos...when you see me next, ask me to show you the frog chorus...there were hundreds of frogs, and sooo loud! An amazingly beautiful sound.
What happens is after the wet season when the marsh ground is soft, the frogs burrow down deep and hibernate, putting a coating over themselves so they don't dry out over the dry season, and keep themselves very still so they don't spend any energy. Then when it rains enough to soften the marsh mud again, they come up, find a mate (the frog chorus) and the cycle starts again!! It's amazing!
So I've seen green frogs (toilet photo - its a clean toilet, just old and stained!), a small brown frog (photo of which I rescued at one of the clinics), and a small baby cane toad (which the kids in the photo were playing with).
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