There’s a small chance the frog ate something that had something in it but I doubt it.”ĭr Rowley said the “most likely explanation is that the frog doesn’t realise the water is purple and got in for a usual drink”, noting frogs drink through their skin. “Something else like a bird, or somehow they put in Epsom salts that made the water turn purple, most likely. “It’s definitely not the frog itself, that’s not something that happens,” she explained. Perhaps much to the disappointment of the frog enthusiasts, amphibian and reptile expert Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum told Yahoo News Australia the purple water is “completely unrelated to the frog”. Wild photo shows snake coming out of frog's bumįrog not to blame for purple water, says expert “It truly looks like potassium permanganate.” Others wondered if the frog had eaten a mulberry or purple bugs that then changed the water through its faeces.įrog mistaken for 'scratched garden ornament' baffles expertsįrog found in Coles salad days after Woolies shopper's disturbing discovery “My first thought was Condy’s Crystals, too,” a woman agreed. “Maybe frog got dry crystals on it and they dissolved in the water dish?” one man questioned. The man said many green tree frogs visit his verandah but he had never seen one change the water's colour before. One frog enthusiast theorised that the animal may have come into contact with Condy’s Crystals - otherwise known as potassium permanganate - a purplish-black crystalline oxidising agent with disinfectant that can be used to treat skin conditions, clean algae from ponds, and purify water. “What the hell?” one person commented, while another wondered if it was “some sort of wizard's spell”. Social media users appeared to be just as confused as to how the frog was able to change the colour of the water, with many joking that’s “what he gets for peeing in the pool”. Stumped by the vivid colour, he posted an image of the green tree frog sitting in the water to a Facebook page dedicated to Aussie frogs and toads with the hope of discovering the cause of the “beautiful” sight. However, last week he noticed that one of the regular guests had somehow turned the fresh water a “bright purple”. A Queensland man was stumped when a green tree frog turned the water in his dog's bowl a vivid purple.

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