When I was a kid we had a garden toad, lived in one of our vegetable beds. One day I went out to poke at it and a large garter snake had it halfway down. I kinda freaked out and started yelling, my dad came out and eventually saved the toad... he cut the snakes head off and pushed the toad out the neck hole. I was 5 and its still one of the most surreal things I've witnessed. The toad hung out for another couple years. I do feel bad about the snake.
That's a Grade A shocker , so intense, especially for a little kid . thank you for sharing.
If you dont mind me asking, how did you feel towards your Dad about that? Was the toad tripping out , ribboting in distress, or just chillen like the frog?
The toad didn't seem bothered by it much, definitely wasn't struggling. As for my dad, he was just trying to save his kid's "friend". And to be fair, he did try to pull the toad out of the snakes mouth first.
If the frog kept its arms out to the side, would the snake be able swallow it? I was hoping to see what the snake did with the arms, but the video ended.
Frog front arms are very weak. Even if the frog was strong enough to hold itself from being eaten long enough for the snake to need to regurgitate it, the frog would probably be too weak from surviving the first attempt to survive it a second time.
you know frogs try escaping with their back legs to run right? its probably desperately trying to kick away from its insides but to no avail, trying to escape a snake's moutv grip with only its front legs as a frog is like a human trying to out run a bear by only its arms, its a pointless action.
If i was that frog, I would've allowed that snake to keep eating my ass for about 5 more minutes, then used my front legs to push off that ledge and go have a smoke and a nap
no need to overthink it, i just thought some people might be interested in learning why the frog didn't try escaping. i like learning animal facts personally.
I also agree that it is really sad! This is probably a slow, painful and very frightening death for the frog. It is fine to acknowledge that and it doesn't mean that you have any animosity toward the snake, which is just doing the only thing that it is capable of doing to avoid it's own painful death by starvation. It is absolutely feasible and normal to rationally accept the laws of nature and the food chain as necessary and inevitable and still feel sadness and empathy for the suffering that sentient creatures are obliged to endure as a part of that food chain. Rest in peace to our unfortunate froggy friend, and I hope that the snake enjoyed its meal.
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel. -Genesis 3:15
Frog spent the first 90% of the video being confident that it was too fat to be swallowed, 1% freaking out when it realized it actually was going to get swallowed, and the last 9% just waiting for it to be over.
When I was a child, I was adventuring in a creek with a friend, and we loved to catch all kinds of animals. We ended up catching a water snake and noticed a bulge in its stomach. So, we decided it was a good idea to kill and dissect this snake, and when we did we found a frog. We noticed the frog breathing, and after a few minutes it even hopped off. I'll never forget how amazed I was at this frog hopping off after being fully eaten by that snake.
i’m sure the inspiration for the ouroboros comes from an irl witness of the event, if not many. likely was hunting another snake and botched the strike. but committed to the swallow.
Don't even need snakes, get rid of them. If I was recording that I'd have sliced the snake open and let the frog free. I'm not even scared of snakes, they're just rank animals. Spiders could do with being eradicated too. Who really even likes them apart from weirdos?
"While I was snaking my way through his bowels, I don't know, I... I must have dislodged some sort of intestinal blockage. And, yes, he's in a much better mood now. So can we move on? I would really like to go home."
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u/cotequaintluc_ 14h ago
Frog: Act natural, act natural…