Sunday, April 18, 2010

Toads, toads, toads

Shane has been taking some of the pavers that we pulled up from the central courtyard at the beginning of the year in preparation for our fabulous Balinese deck and fishpond feature (yet to be realised but stay tuned) back to his place after each visit here and he and I stacked a couple of dozen for him on Saturday. There were 13 little surprises under the pavers sitting directly on the ground.
They were between about 12cm downwards and they were very easy to capture and place in a plastic bag. Then they had some quiet time in the fridge downstairs for a couple of hours to get that heart rate way down before their penultimate destination, the freezer where they stayed overnight. I then put the frozen amphibians in our dumpster at the corner of our road.

3 comments:

Louise said...

Wow, they really are on the march aren't they? Do you see them very often. Amazing how they managed to squeeze under the pavers like that.

Mutterings from Maryville said...

Oh yes, we see them most evenings in spring and summer...we get some big brutes up here....most mornings there are big fellas dead on the roads turned upside down with their porky fat arms and legs in the air..crows have learned to eat them safely by turning them over and eating out their bellies....crows and ravens - chimpanzees of the skies....

FROGHOLLOW-OUR-HOME said...

Is that a humane way to kill them?