An exotic frog has made a 5,000-mile trip to an Asda store in Llanelli, where it was found by staff among a bunch of bananas from Colombia.
Colombia is the UK’s biggest supplier of bananas with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of the yellow fruit making the journey each and every year.
The frog – nicknamed Asda – has now been transferred to Silent World to You, a marine life specialist centre in Haverfordwest where he is now living in a special planted, humid environment.
Staff there think he is a banana tree frog.
RSPCA inspector Gemma Cooper said: ” We’re so grateful to the members of the Asda team who contacted us. One team member spotted the frog, while another confined the frog and took him home. This quick thinking helped keep this frog safe.
“Frogs and other amphibians are so good at shutting down their bodies when they need to. It seems highly likely that’s exactly what this frog did to survive this long journey without food.”
Ginny Spenceley, from Silent World To You, added: “This isn’t as rare a discovery as people may think. With fruit deliveries no longer sprayed or treated, it isn’t uncommon for a frog or spider to hitch a ride.
“Fortunately, he’s doing really well and, funnily enough, got very comfortable in a banana skin as we helped settle him into his new, less familiar surroundings.”
