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It seems that this time of year, especially on wet nights, loads of Frogs go on a suicidal mission to cross a main road near to my house. I manage to dodge most, but there are loads of casualties. I don't know why they do it!!


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29-01-2008 10:17 PM
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I think they have probably been doing that forever - the same route they have taken for many hundreds of years - regardless of the road (as once it might not have been there) - you should let your local council know as some councils have created special tunnels underneath for such events as these. Icon_smile


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29-01-2008 10:51 PM
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Yes we get loads of them doing this round here too, sometimes there can be hundreds of them. I haven't noticed any recently but I'm sure i will soon. The ones I have seen seem to cross randomly though and not in one particular place Icon_smile


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In some places you get teams of volunteers that stay out all night and give the frogs lifts over the roads in big buckets. Not an enviable job but a very worthy cause!

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Skylark Wrote:
I think they have probably been doing that forever - the same route they have taken for many hundreds of years - regardless of the road (as once it might not have been there) - you should let your local council know as some councils have created special tunnels underneath for such events as these. Icon_smile


Yeah im sure your right. My council are total A*******s to be honest. If your not local, you have to have lived in Cornwall for over 10 years before anyone listens to you on the council. I know someone who had planning permission refused because he had not lived in the village for over 5 years!! They dont do anything for people never mind frogs!!


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31-01-2008 11:09 AM
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It's a shame that some counties councils still seem to be somewhat elitist when it comes to how long people have lived there. It can't help to ask, but it is ridiculous if people aren't listened too just because they haven't lived their long enough. Sometimes you wonder if the people join the council just to feel they have power over the counties inhabitants!

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I don't think any of the councils here do it ,it is down to volunteers,like many other things to do with wildlife.

It is sad when you see them squashed on the roads when you think they survive the winter and then that happens


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It is very sad. I remember my dad telling me that once he was driving around this time of year and came across so many frogs crossing the road that it would have been impossible to go that way without squashing many. Luckily he turned round and found a different route, but I don't doubt that sokme of the people on that road would have drove straight through.

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