Time :7.30pm to 9.00pm
Weather : Cool
Mr Siva and i
Yesterday, Mr Siva and I went to check out the drainage system at the border of NUS, along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). We walked along the drains all the way towards the end of it. We then walked inside a parallel(sub) drain which was dry. It was about 6ish feet high. We found an Asian toad [Bufo melanostictus] in the junction between the 2 drains. It became panicky when it saw us coming, trying frantically to escape, but in vain. Snap pics then let our friend go.
We then continued our journey all the way in that dry drain, semi to frog-hunt semi to recce the place. We realised the drains(both the sub and main drains) were rather deep and i was wondering whether this may affect the anurans' choice of inhibiting the place.Plus the area was noisy with the bustles of the city along the AYE. We found 2 Asian toads [Bufo melanostictus] that night.
After the previous session from PGP to Temasek/Eusoff Hall, i am in the opinion that urban toads/frogs may not inhibit areas with thick grass. However, i have yet to bring a toad to test out this hypothesis. Shall do it one of this days. I hope the frogs/toads are not reading this because i am sure none of them wanna be my experimental specimen.
And who said its boring hunting for frogs/toads in an urban area like NUS?
Frog sandwich?
90-degrees-inverted Mud pie?
Romeo and Juliet? Sea almond delight?
Aliciatan
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