It came from the pond

It squats in the mud and shallow water, its huge, protruding eyes and superb hearing attuned to only one purpose: swallowing whole any living thing it can fit in its gaping mouth. This Gollum of the wetlands is a frog, but not just any frog. It is the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, an introduced species that is many times larger than B.C.