NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS (Australia) 09 December 06 Miracle frozen frog dies
The Territory frog that made national news after it survived being frozen solid in a freezer has died.
Sue Hoddinott found the frog in the freezer at a Darwin cafeteria on Monday, and when convinced to thaw it out, it came back to life.
But she returned to her Karama home on Thursday to find it dead.
"The poor little mite passed away," she said. "I came home ... and he had carked it.
"I was going to take him off to the wildlife people ... but he was too far gone, he didn't have use of his legs."
She said the frog was now returned to the earth.
"He's buried in the back yard - he's fertiliser now."
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DAILY TELEGRAPH (Australia) 08 December 06 Frozen frog thawed back to life
A tree frog has miraculously survived after being frozen rock solid.
The tiny frog was found covered in a layer of ice in a walk-in freezer - set at -18C - at a Darwin cafeteria.
When put out to defrost it fully recovered and started breathing.
"I couldn't believe it," Sue Hoddinott, who found the amphibian, said.
"He was completely frozen rock solid.
"When I found him I thought 'Poor little thing', and I went to put it in the bin.
"But a friend said not to, as she had seen on TV that they can come back to life when defrosted.
"I told her she had been watching too many movies, but I did it anyway.
"She ran her finger over his back to wipe the ice off and he started breathing again -- it was amazing."
Ms Hoddinott, 47, of Karama, is a chef at Charles Darwin University. The frog was thawed back to life on Monday morning but its frost-bitten toes and feet are not functioning.
FrogWatch NT co-ordinator Graeme Sawyer said it was an unusual story.
But he did not rule out the possibility of a frog being revived after it was frozen.
"I've never heard of it happening with Australian species but there are American frogs that can be defrosted and come back to life," he said.
Mr Sawyer said the tree frog looked like the litoria rothii species.
"(But) it may be an import from Queensland or somewhere," he said.
"If it was in a freezer it may have come in the same way the 'banana box frogs' turn up at markets around Australia."
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