50 minutes with Common Tree Snake and White-lipped Tree Frog in trees behind my caravan last night.
Friday, May 3, 2013
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Amazing photos and I love the captions!
ReplyDeleteYes, and that's one lucky frog.
ReplyDelete(That is, assuming the snake is not poisonous).
The frog seemed to make itself swell up to be harder to swallow.
Greta sequence of photos Tony.
Denis
Hi Mick: we aim to please!
ReplyDeleteHi Denis: Frogs and toads mostly employ bloat defences. No toxin concerns with CTSnakes.
Thanks Tony.
ReplyDeleteOn subsequent examination of photo 1, there is obvious foam or froth presumably part of the "bloat" defence you mentioned.
Fascinating.
Denis
Great photos and capture... really was feeling sad for the frog.. but alas it was a reasonably happy ending! I didn't know about the"bloat defence" so learned something new :)
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