Thousands of Frogs Invade Aussie Mans Pool

While our pool season is over here in the United States, Australia’s has just begun. After recent severe rain and flooding, thousands of frogs have invaded a swimming pool in New South Wales, Australia.

Nearly three weeks after the floodwaters hit near Wagga Wagga, the amphibians moved in, and the property owners are hopping mad about the situation. They’ve had a devil of a time trying to get rid of them.

Usually, it is quite normal to see a few frogs and other animals around the pool, after all, they’re naturally drawn to water. Consequently, in the summertime, you may frequently find frogs in the swimming pool. The Hamilton family however, are dealing with frogs on a biblical scale. With this type of frog population explosion though, it’s safe to assume that the pool is being used as a breeding ground.

In November, when the Murrumbidgee River reached a record peak height of 9.72 meters, the city was hit by devastating flooding for the first time in a decade.

Many animals, such as spiders, snakes, and now frogs, were displaced and forced to seek refuge wherever they could as a result of the floods.

Each and every morning, Roy Hamilton and his wife spend hours picking up thousands of frogs and releasing them into a nearby creek, yet the amphibians keep coming back to their swimming pool.

“Just wondering if anyone else is having any frog issues in their pools since the floods,” Hamilton said.

“Think I’ll swim in the creek this morning.”

“They come in during the night so I only run the pump during the day and collect and relocate the frogs each morning,” Hamilton told Storyful. “Our dogs look like kids that [have] eaten too much ice cream from them eating frogs and don’t touch them now. The snakes look fat as they love to eat frogs.”

The couple hasn’t quite reached their wit’s end just yet. They are however looking for some sound advice on how to get rid of the infestation and reclaim their pool in time for the summer. In Australia, summer started on December 1st.

Now they’re saying hundreds of frogs, and I’m no mathematician but it looks more like thousands to me. Talk about a frog problem of epic proportions!