found a strange frozen thing

[janeyo]

while I was pulling up the raised beds the other day for expansion.
Under one of them was what looked like a slimy frozen fish. I didn't want to look too closely but it may have been a half grown tadpole frog thing.
We don't have a pond but next door have a big one. We do get big frogs hiding in the veg beds sometimes.

Could it have come from next door even with no legs? Could a bird have pinched it and dropped it?

It was gross, but the chooks enjoyed it

Mystery!

[Capsid]

Sounds like a young frog with the legs eaten off. A bird may well have started to snack on it from next door's pond.

[allotmentlady]

OOH I wish you had taken a pic so we could all see it. We have a frog that lives underneath our shed, he has only got one leg and has had attempted assaults by birds........he is a lucky chap. How long do frogs live for?

[Plot17B]

Hi,
could it of been a newt? what colourations did it have?

[Nicos]

How long do frogs live for?

8 years apparently....that's if they're not eaten first!

BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Common frog, grass frog

[Flummery]

Definitely sounds like a newt. No wonder they are endangered!

[janeyo]

It was dark green (but slimy frozen) sort of speckledy, with no tail, and no real fins either. But defo a fish type face.

But it didn't look like a fish.

Weird

[lynda66]

i get faced with one of them every morning when i'm with OH ...... i've got used to it now

[janeyo]

lol @ lynda.
I wish I had taken pic now but it was too horrible at the time to contemplate

[Irie Jan]

i get faced with one of them every morning when i'm with OH ...... i've got used to it now

Oh Lynda you do make me laugh! that cheered up my day Thanks so much!! Have a good day all of you!

xx Jan