'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
'Fred' The Frog Turns 40
By Robert Leeson
18 May, 2017
If life begins at 40, then Fred the green tree frog is ready to hop to it.
But the first four decades of perhaps Australia’s oldest amphibian are already a ribbitting tale.
He was rescued in 1977 by a three-year-old who would grow up to become a TV zoologist. Chris Humfrey found Fred climbing the walls of a toilet block while on holiday in Coffs Harbour, and has raised him since.
For 24 years, Fred was a star of Humfrey’s Wild Action travelling zoo, where he was introduced to thousands of kindy kids.
In retirement he continues to display a calm demeanour, except at dinner time when he gorges on an insect smorgasbord.
He received a mealworm cup cake for his birthday, and he can still put away a dead mouse or two. 


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