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Old 05-17-2009, 02:10 PM
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This guy has been hanging out in my swimming pool lately. We hear how sensitive they are to chemicals in the environment so you would think the chlorine in the pool would harm them. But they seem to love living by the skimmer where there is a constant supply of bugs to eat. This seems to be one healthy frog:

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Old 05-17-2009, 02:18 PM
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Excellent pictures and he's certainly a very handsome, obliging and photogenic frog. He also knows his way around the pool by the look of it.
Perhaps he's the new pool cleaner that a wicked witch put a spell on and he's waiting for a kiss from a princess.


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Too funny, you'd think he'd get sick on the chlorine but, he looks great. He looks well fed and happy. Great pictures.
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Old 05-17-2009, 05:23 PM
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He's really looks like a healthy, happy camper!
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These are great shots. Love the angle of the second one.
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I love frogs! Do you think I could us one of these for my profile pic. This guy is so darn cute! We get one or two toads here every year, not many though. I bet if we had a pool we'd get more froggie visitors! Ri
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Old 05-18-2009, 04:20 AM
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Great photo - nice job capturing the texture of the frog's skin. I agree, he looks pretty healthy!
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I like all three, but the second one is the best. It looks like hes smiling in it. I used to catch frogs all the time when I was little. Whats really awesome is catching teeny tiny itty bitty lil baby frogs with all four legs but still have a bit of tail left. You can literally fit one on your fingertip. But yeah,... great shots.
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Old 05-18-2009, 11:07 AM
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I love frogs! Do you think I could us one of these for my profile pic. This guy is so darn cute! We get one or two toads here every year, not many though. I bet if we had a pool we'd get more froggie visitors! Ri
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