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Grassnake +Frog

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Posted by gary cox on July 8, 2006 at 12:44 PM

Went out to the pond in the garden and the resident Grassnake who has been living in the compost heap, Had caught a large Frog and was attempting to swallow it.
The Frog spread it’s legs wide apart and after ten minutes or so the snake had to give up and let it go a little bloody but otherwise ok.

Canon EOS 1DMK2M, 180mm Macro lens, 1/40 sec, F8, 100 ISO, weather very cloudy.
Posted by Alan Bryant on July 8, 2006 at 1:15 PM
WOW nature at its grizzley best.Great "action" shot.

And hurray for the frog :biggrin:

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 8, 2006 at 1:18 PM
Thats me sleeping with the lights on for a while-Great behavioural shot but very gruesome :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on July 8, 2006 at 1:19 PM
Handy tip that, spread your arms wide when being scoffed by a snake. Excellant.
Fanstastic garden yours, terrific image.

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Tim
Posted by Peter Barritt on July 8, 2006 at 2:56 PM
great stuff. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on July 8, 2006 at 2:59 PM
Great action shot Gary.
Came across a Grass Snake last week sunning itself on a wooden bridge.
Dont quite know who was more surprised. I guess this fella was to busy thinking about eating to move. :toast:

Major
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on July 8, 2006 at 4:32 PM
Couple Grass snakes at my local pond busy eating the baby frogs,did'nt know they attempted ones this big...great shot

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Posted by Helge Sorensen on July 8, 2006 at 4:44 PM
Wow, so cool :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Gardner on July 8, 2006 at 4:49 PM
Excellent nature shot. A PL might have taken the shine off the water but still awesome!

John :toast:
Posted by John Varley on July 9, 2006 at 4:08 AM
Think this is ace Gary - the eye of the frog really makes it powerful.

John
Posted by David Kjaer on July 9, 2006 at 6:18 AM
Wow gruesome maybe - but images like this are not captured too often. Definately a bit special!

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Posted by Philip Kirkham on July 9, 2006 at 6:26 AM
Hello Gary
An action image telling a story, all the right ingredients. Excellent.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on July 9, 2006 at 10:55 AM
Excellent and interesting behavioural shot. :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on July 9, 2006 at 5:04 PM
A great behavioural shot, the eye of the frog is positioned just in the right place. Talk about staring death in the face! Excellent. Glad to read that the frog didn't croak (sorry).
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Posted by Danny Green on July 9, 2006 at 5:38 PM
Hello Gary

Your garden is certainly producing the goods, great shot

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Dan
Posted by Mark sellings on July 10, 2006 at 4:08 AM
Nice shot indeed, pretty gruesome!

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Mark
Posted by PhilH on July 10, 2006 at 4:30 AM
Excellent.... a very very good behavioural image.

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Posted by Sean Bolton on July 10, 2006 at 3:56 PM
Hi Gary

It's all been said, excellent behavioural image, a bit surreal with the frog looking out of the snakes mouth.

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cheers

Sean