What's this creature I've found in my pond?

craker

Its face is like a frog but with a great big glutinous chin. Odd, chunky tale and short stubby legs.

Is it new to science?

:shock:

random man

Looks like a young newt, they're a protected species you know

craker

We've got newts, the grown ups are no where near that size (and shape). My guess it's a frog whose transformation from tadpole has gone weird. In some strange way.

gethinceri

Eat it.

Frank the tank

craker wrote:

We've got newts, the grown ups are no where near that size (and shape). My guess it's a frog whose transformation from tadpole has gone weird. In some strange way.

Perhaps he lives near Fukushima.

RDW

You need to be careful with those things. They can be quite dangerous when fully grown.

rolf_f

It's a young Iguanodon. Fully grown it will be 60 feet high and it will eat your house and contents. And you.

finchy

Check that it has a pulse. If it does, keep it away from Pina. We don't want a whole load of human lizard freaks taking over the world.

team47b

It's either a frog or toad tadpole, toad tadpoles are jet black and frog tadpoles are speckled so it looks like your is definitely a part baked frog.

Unless you live near selafield or whatever it's called these days in which case it's a rabbit

pinno

When they grow up, they look like this:

upperoilcan

That's better looking than most of the trash On the Aintree thread.

Ouija

A baby Godzilla, me thinks.

me-109

It's quite small. In fact, it's my newt!

pinno

If it's legs weren't so short, it wouldn't be my newt.

Mikey23

Half newt half frog would be my guess... That would be either a frewt or a nog

Pross

Just a frog in transition from a tadpole I reckon. Somewhere around 12 weeks into it's life cycle.

lesfirth

I used to hand rear some tadpoles with my kids until they were little frogs big enough to jump out of the old baby bath we had them in. We did this for several years and I never saw anything that looked like this.

me-109

lesfirth wrote:

I used to hand rear some tadpoles with my kids until they were little frogs.

The kids or the tadpoles?

arran77

lesfirth wrote:

I used to hand rear some tadpoles with my kids until they were little frogs big enough to jump out of the old baby bath we had them in. We did this for several years and I never saw anything that looked like this.

:shock:

Lets just hope that the RSPCA and the NSPCC don't read this

tlw1

arran77 wrote:

lesfirth wrote:

I used to hand rear some tadpoles with my kids until they were little frogs big enough to jump out of the old baby bath we had them in. We did this for several years and I never saw anything that looked like this.

:shock:

Lets just hope that the RSPCA and the NSPCC don't read this

too late I've forwarded the link to Ester Rantzen

capt_slog

craker wrote:

We've got newts, the grown ups are no where near that size (and shape). My guess it's a frog whose transformation from tadpole has gone weird. In some strange way.

I think you're right.

Normally you get very tiny but fully formed frogs after they lose their tails, they tend to be about half the body length of the one in that pic. This one looks like it has grown on in the wrong stage of development. I've heard that this happens when certain elements are missing from their diet/water, I believe that it's iodine.

arran77

matthew h wrote:

arran77 wrote:

lesfirth wrote:

I used to hand rear some tadpoles with my kids until they were little frogs big enough to jump out of the old baby bath we had them in. We did this for several years and I never saw anything that looked like this.

:shock:

Lets just hope that the RSPCA and the NSPCC don't read this

too late I've forwarded the link to Ester Rantzen

Great, when do we get the pitch forks out

Pesky Jones

Play god and kill all the other male/female frogs. Bish bash bosh - you've created a new species.

lesfirth

arran77 wrote:

matthew h wrote:

arran77 wrote:

lesfirth wrote:

I used to hand rear some tadpoles with my kids until they were little frogs big enough to jump out of the old baby bath we had them in. We did this for several years and I never saw anything that looked like this.

:shock:

Lets just hope that the RSPCA and the NSPCC don't read this

too late I've forwarded the link to Ester Rantzen

Great, when do we get the pitch forks out

:oops:

I never did pass O level English! :oops:

Matthewfalle

I think it may be Kerry Catona's fifth child.

Pesky Jones

Pesky Jones wrote:

Play god and kill all the other male/female frogs. Bish bash bosh - you've created a new species.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26870598

If that's called a geep, imagine what stupid name you could call yours!

arran77

Pesky Jones wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Play god and kill all the other male/female frogs. Bish bash bosh - you've created a new species.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26870598

If that's called a geep, imagine what stupid name you could call yours!

That's a bit like a 'wheep' which results from a Welshman shagging a sheep

Mikey23

Looks who has lowered the tone again ;-)

arran77

Sorry Mikey

RideOnTime

RDW wrote:

You need to be careful with those things. They can be quite dangerous when fully grown.

Pretty much always pondlife though...

Akirasho

... it's a Poplar, and whatever you do, don't eat it!!!