Not Worth The Bother

The slimy, spotty and gooey stuff floating in My pond is simply not worth investigating. Looks fairly solid but moves away when Myself pats it delicately. Had to walk around the edge of My pond several times until finally managing to trap some against the stones. Tried placing the weight of one small paw on it but it sank so Myself sat down and watched it. When perfectly certain it was no longer moving I reached out with a couple of claws and hooked it a bit nearer. Using the other paw Myself then attempted to lift it from the pond. Surprisingly heavy it was. So heavy in fact that My front paws were dragged down into the water and then slipped from under Me. (Horribly disgusting and sticky that stuff is when it gets between toes and up My nose which was rammed into it. Took a long time to clean Myself and Most Unfortunately OLAHF witnessed the entire episode.)

As Myself said, it is not worth the bother of investigating.