[Sharon]

May 2014

Fishermen often lament losing a prized catch with a story about “the one that got away,” but a fisherman in Australia had a different twist on the common fishing phrase. He tells the story about the one that got away from the fish.

A fisherman was removing the lure from the jungle perch he had just caught so he could release it back into the water when he noticed a live green tree frog looking up at him from deep inside the fish’s throat.

“I was shocked,” he told News Limited in Australia. “I thought it might have been grass at first, then it blinked. I always carry a camera, so I took the pic and then he jumps out.”

The professional field angler from Tackle Tactics, was fishing an hour north of Townsville, Queensland, when he hooked the fish with the frog in its mouth on a recent trip.

News Limited of Australia captured the story beautifully with this headline: “Excuse me, I think I’ve got a frog in my throat…no really, I do have a frog in my throat.”

The unusual photo became an overnight sensation on the Internet.

“It has gone all around the world,” he told News Limited. “So many people have shared it. There’s people commenting on the photo in languages I don’t even understand.

“Everyone keeps saying the frog got its second chance at life.”

[Zambini]

Did he look for a fly in the frogs mouth?

[kellyhound]

haha that's cool

[spresley616]

He had a frog in his throat.

[LrlynJy]

a fish like that here would cost a good sum already. too bad fishing here is not as good as somewhere else in the west or europe