# I found a frog **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-frog/623250 "2012-05-27T15:57:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-frog/623250/1 "2012-05-27T15:57:47Z")
Sorry, no pics. I’ve been here for eight and a half years, and yesterday was the first time I’ve seen a frog up here. There’s a large, rotten stump near the house. It’s probably been there since the house was built in 1934. Ivy had completely covered it, and my friend I bought the house from called it Cousin Itt. Unfortunately, ivy has a habit of trying to get into the house, and it damages the nearby chimney. I pull it from the chimney, but Cousin Itt remained… until the SO dumped poison on it(t). She didn’t mind Cousin Itt, and admitted it was kind of pretty; but she was tired of the ivy trying to get inside the house. So yesterday I pulled all of the ivy off the stump, and pulled al of the roots I could find. As I was pulling weeds (or low growing decorative shrubbery – I can’t tell the difference) I spied a little frog, about two inches long in the body. It was brown, with yellowish stripes. Cute little thing. It stayed put while I was weeding, and left many minutes later after it figured I would not notice its movement. I’m sure I’ve heard frogs here before, but this is the first one I’ve actually seen. We had a nice population of frogs when I lived in the Mojave Desert. I hadn’t thought about it, but now that I’ve seen one I think I should see more frogs up here where it’s wet. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-frog/623250/2 "2012-05-28T12:07:22Z")
You’re in the Pacific Northwest, ain’tcha? I’d have thought you’d see frogs, but if not, at least you have banana slugs. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-frog/623250/3 "2012-05-28T14:18:40Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I’d have thought you’d see frogs, but if not, at least you have banana slugs. I know! You’d think, right? It’s surprising I haven’t seen one here before. I haven’t seen any of those slugs in a few years. Maybe the crows are eating them.