Froggies

Well, as the saying/stereotype goes... Bats are blind, swans are graceful, dogs are faithful, and pigs are stupid and intelligent (note: the 'and' does not refer to pigs being stupid and intelligent at the same time. Rather, it should be interpreted as pig descriptions usually fall into 2 camps: 'stupid', and 'intelligent'). In my opinion (nope, it is not scientifically proven although I'm not too sure about the above other than bats), frogs are possibly dumb.

Just in case you're thinking that I have something against frogs - nope, I do not have anything against them. But after a number of jogs with the same consistent happenings, I came to such a conclusion. During my jogs, most of the time (and considering that quirky tendency to look at the ground which was good in this case) I would see the outline of a lump of something and dodge it in time, only to notice that it was a frog upon a closer look. At night, the colour of these frogs actually match the pavement much better than the surrounding grass. But then again, what kind of intelligent frog would camouflage itself on a pavement? Oh well, although both frogs and terrapins are reptiles, I suppose terrapins are the smarter/less dumb (depending on how you look at it. And yes, they can be dumb too) of the two as they attempt to do something at the slightest sign of danger. These frogs stood still, as still as can be. Perhaps this was to avoid being noticed? =)

Thought: I'm glad that at least, I didn't squish any of them... yet (one cannot be too certain of the future with the frequency of such camouflaging incidents).