Not OC. here's src, but I assume its also a reupload
And then a frog comes along and thinks "This hole was made for me!"
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Guess it ended up in the cement mix somehow, died, got embedded in the path as it was laid, and then picked out after the path had set?
Nah I reckon that was a post-pouring splat I think, à la the Chicago Rat Hole.
How do you figure, dropped by a bird maybe? There's no obvious disturbance around it, so it's a fairly sure bet the frog was dead when it ended up there.
Neither did it either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_rat_hole
Only things we can glean from that article is that some people think it was a squirrel that fell from a since-removed tree and other than that, no one knows the circumstances, so I think we can still draw the same conclusion!
Living things move, dead things don't, in the main.
It's entirely possible that the concrete was dry enough that only a fall from height could cause the imprint, as well as the fact that any very small footprints (that's a really small frog) were already weathered away. I think if it had died there, that more evidence of that would persist.
Edit: The resolution is also bad enough that any small footprints may be missed.
It was probably a squirrel, my whole life's been one big lie.
It seems much more likely from the orientation that it jumped in there after it was paved but while still wet. It may have decomposed in the hole, or it may have jumped clear without making another mark in the cement. I choose to believe the latter.
Loony Toons training ground?
That's a hell of a writing prompt. I can think of a few stories that can start or end with that image.
