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RAUKeforum
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Posted: 24 Apr 2003

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Mating frogs helped by road ramps

Lovestruck frogs have been provided with special ramps to help them cross a road on the way to their mating pond.

The ramps, normally used for wheelchair access, have been put down on a section of road at Shaldon, south Devon, where hundreds of the creatures have been on the move.

Local frog lover Norah Hook, who for years has been helping frogs during their mating ritual, persuaded Teignbridge council to lay the ramps to enable the creatures negotiate the kerbs.

"The frogs became disorientated when faced with the kerbs," said Mrs Hook, from Shaldon, who also persuaded the council to close part of the road during the mating season.

She estimated that over the past three weeks she had helped around 400 frogs across the road to their pond.

Story filed: 12:35 Wednesday 20th February 2002

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