Trainee journalist Liu Peiting / Comprehensive Reporting
Humans are always afraid of snakes, because although their appearance is not very large, they can swallow prey that is several times larger than their own size, but snakes still have many natural enemies. An Australian netizen recently witnessed a super cute tree frog nibbling on the pseudo-turtle shell flower (Keelback), only to see the snake head protruding from its mouth constantly swaying and struggling, and the next second the pseudo-turtle shell flower has broken its head and blood flowed, and collapsed on the ground weakly.
According to the "" report, a female netizen living in Townsville recently witnessed the scene of a tree frog hunting for a tortoiseshell flower, which shocked her very much, and immediately took out her mobile phone to take a picture of this scene and uploaded it to Douyin.
From the picture, you can see that the tree frog is containing a constantly twisting tortoiseshell flower in its mouth, but no matter how hard it tries, it cannot break free, and the camera turns, only to see that the tortoiseshell flower has been bitten to the head and bleeds, and it is powerlessly paralyzed on the ground. The tree frog, on the other hand, uses its forefoots to suppress the body of the tortoiseshell flower, slowly nibbling on the remaining body parts.
The tree frog has a tortoiseshell flower in its mouth that is still writhing. (Photo/Recap from Danimonteith Vibrato)
As soon as the film was exposed, it immediately attracted a large number of people to discuss and watch, as of now it has exceeded 300,000 viewers, and many netizens directly called, "I thought only snakes would eat frogs!" "That frog also ate too gently and calmly!"
Reptile scientist Gavin Bedford said australia is mostly predatory, so as long as one organism is more powerful than another, the weaker creature will be eaten. He added, "It's not uncommon for frogs to eat snakes, but we rarely see them on the spot."
It is understood that because this pseudo-tortoiseshell flower has just been hatched and is still quite small, it has a chance to be eaten by tree frogs, but in the predatory chain of food, tree frogs are also one of the prey of turtle shell flowers, and they will prey each other.
Tree frogs are nocturnal animals, most of the time they sleep during the day, they will most likely hide in a more humid and hidden place, and the body and limbs close together, this posture, called "water retention posture", can reduce water loss. (Photo/ Photo by reporter Guo Shixian)
The green tree frog is a tree frog endemic to eastern Australia, they are very stout, adult frogs are 4.5-11 cm long, generally 6-8 cm long. Adult males are generally smaller than females and have significantly different back colours, making them one of the largest frogs in Australia. Their habitat is often disturbed by pollution, invasive species, parasites and pathogens, etc., so the number is rapidly declining, and it is on the verge of extinction.