It Ain't Easy Being Green
May 24, 2015 22:26:38 #
or brown with browner speckles, either!
As hard as I tried, I just couldn't whittle this set down to fewer than twelve. Please forgive me, and bear with me as I try to get them all uploaded.
As hard as I tried, I just couldn't whittle this set down to fewer than twelve. Please forgive me, and bear with me as I try to get them all uploaded.
Caught! Mr. Toad is about the size of my fist. The snake was a couple of feet long - maybe 30", but no more.
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Who doesn't love toad legs? I think I'll have another!
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I do like my toad rare.
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Maybe I should have ordered the petite platter.
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Ah! I seem to be making better headway.
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One's sweating blood. One's bursting at the seams.
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Bottom of the 9th. Two outs. Two strikes.
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Nearer to Thee.
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Going for broke.
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The last hoorah.
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Game over.
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It seems that in snake culture, it is proper to express one's appreciation for a good meal with a hearty belch!
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May 24, 2015 22:52:57 #
That is an incredible series. I have to feel sorry for the frog though, however it will probably feed the snake for a month. :thumbup:
Michael
Michael
May 24, 2015 23:13:14 #
Excellent series, great capture for both of you. I'm glad you being there did not cause the snake to abandon his dinner plans.
May 25, 2015 00:16:08 #
Jakebrake wrote:
That is an incredible series. I have to feel sorry for the frog though, however it will probably feed the snake for a month. :thumbup:
Michael
Michael
Thanks for looking and for your comment, Michael. Before this meal, the snake looked very skinny and I didn't think there was any way he could accomplish the task. I'm hoping a long digestive period will keep him out from under foot for a while.
May 25, 2015 00:23:55 #
lightcatcher wrote:
Excellent series, great capture for both of you. I'm glad you being there did not cause the snake to abandon his dinner plans.
Thanks, lightcatcher. At one point, I reached down within two inches of the toad to pull up a clump of grass that was in the way; the snake kept his eyes on me but was by then fully committed to his meal. And, me? I was committed, too. The yellow flies had discovered me and were having a meal of their own. It is amazing what we will endure for a photo op!
May 25, 2015 04:03:08 #
One would think that a toad would struggle enough to make ingestion difficult, if not impossible, but this toad looks more like a spectator than a victim. What was he thinking? You don't get a do-over!
May 25, 2015 06:01:34 #
Hey Sherry, this is a really professional series. Well done.
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May 25, 2015 06:55:05 #
Great set and your patience capturing all of this was well done too.
May 25, 2015 11:46:29 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
One would think that a toad would struggle enough to make ingestion difficult, if not impossible, but this toad looks more like a spectator than a victim. What was he thinking? You don't get a do-over!
Thanks for looking and commenting, Douglass. I was surprised at the toad's complacency; never once did I see him attempt even the slightest struggle. BUT, according to my mother, at least one did once get a do-over. She has often told of the time when she was about 10 and hoeing the garden when she happened upon a snake with a big lump -- she chopped off his head with the hoe and a frog came hopping out! She said that scared her more than the snake.
May 25, 2015 11:58:12 #
DOOK wrote:
Hey Sherry, this is a really professional series. Well done.
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Thanks for looking, Earl. And I appreciate all the :thumbup:s! It was interesting to watch; even my snake phobic son watched for a while.
May 25, 2015 12:01:22 #
waltchilds wrote:
Great set and your patience capturing all of this was well done too.
Thanks for your kind compliment, Walt. It was about 40-45 minutes from the initial grab to the after-dinner belch which time would have seemed much shorter if not for the biting yellow flies enjoying me!
May 25, 2015 12:02:20 #
May 25, 2015 12:04:56 #
trigger finger
Loc: Beautiful Polk Co. Fl.
Walt man did you get close or what. I'm not the biggest snake fan but hey they've got to eat too. Great job! I think he's going to be full for a little while anyway. Trigger finger
May 25, 2015 12:19:57 #
napabob wrote:
nice series.............I was rooting for the toad....... :hunf:
Thanks for looking and for your kind comment, Bob.
They must love you at the racetracks!
May 25, 2015 12:46:31 #
trigger finger wrote:
Walt man did you get close or what. I'm not the biggest snake fan but hey they've got to eat too. Great job! I think he's going to be full for a little while anyway. Trigger finger
Dude! Walt wasn't anywhere around, but he may have enjoyed it if he had been. But, thanks for your kind comment. Yesterday was a good feeding day for the snakes in my yard.
Earlier in the day when checking out the status of the nest of a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers, I found a snake coiled up at the entrance to the tree cavity in which they were nesting. I'm not sure if that snake ate eggs or baby birds, but I'm pretty sure he had dinner. I saw this snake come out of the woods and across my driveway and sniff around the bottom of that same tree; I had a long pole in my hands and was ready to do battle if he had started up that tree to threaten anything which may have survived the first snake. The toad was on his own.
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