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Under my umbrella: Clever frog uses leaf to shield partner from rain

A clever frog helps shield its partner from the rain - by using a leaf as a makeshift umbrella.
 
The sweet gesture between the two creatures was caught on camera by amateur photographer Kutub Uddin, 27, in his back garden in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
 
The red-eyed tree frogs have been Kutub's pets for four months, and he often lets them out to roam around his garden.
 
Kutub was cleaning out the frogs' tank one evening and he watched as they climbed up a plant.

He said: 'When it started to rain I looked to bring the frogs back in and I caught them in these very human poses, holding onto the leaf.
 
'I just couldn't resist getting my camera and taking a few quick snaps of them before I brought them inside.
 
'It was really funny to see them acting so human by holding onto the leaf- it looked as if the frogs were using the leaf as an umbrella.
 
'I thought they liked water so it was funny to see them acting in this way.'