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	I have some frogs in my garden and they come up to me and let me tickle them. Why is this? Margaret in Corby
	I have absolutely no idea! They have very sensitive permeable skins so I wonder why they would want you to touch them. Perhaps they have some parasites they want you to scratch off or something!
	September 2006

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