R.I.P. Ribbet

Seen while walking to the beach today:

BIGGER.

I don’t think about frogs much. Or the circumstances of frog death. Was this guy desperate for fresh water and when unable to find it simply lost his will and literally dried up in the sun? His preservation was exquisite, if not also very delicate, like thin parchment. And the frozen animation — as if he was in mid leap when the life was suddenly sucked out of him.

Fascinating.