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Asda staff find exotic frog in bunch of bananas after 5,000-mile journey to UK

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Staff at an Asda supermarket found an exotic frog in a bunch of bananas after it made a 5,000-mile journey from Colombia to south Wales.

The exotic tree frog was found at the Asda store in Murray Street, Llanelli, last Monday. It is believed the creature survived the long journey into a cooler climate without food or drink by slowing down its metabolism, as amphibians are able to do.

Columbia is the UK's biggest supplier of bananas, with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of the fruit making the journey each year.

The frog, now named Asda in honour of his rescuers, has now been transferred to specialist animal centre Silent World To You in Haverfordwest.

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