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04-09-2011, 01:27 PM
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| | | Dead Frogs
Unfortunately I don't have pictures of what I'm about to describe, but I'll so my best with words. Back in the spring my partner and I went walking through a large woodland in North Warwickshire. We spotted four dead frogs on the footpaths whilst ambling about. Each of the frogs was without the top half of its head. There was nothing messy about them. They were completely intact other than this. Can anyone give me an idea about which predator may have done this? |
04-09-2011, 04:08 PM
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| | | Re: Dead Frogs
Mink or otter possibly, or even kids. A mink or otter killed quite a few when they came to breed in a pond near me but they only really left some entrails and spawn from the females. |
04-09-2011, 05:41 PM
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I think kids are unlikely to be the culprit here. The frogs were in different areas of the woodland. And I wouldn't expect them to be so clean about it. I thought perhaps a bird of some kind, but I really have no idea. |
04-09-2011, 05:51 PM
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A Magpie did this to my old mum toad I'd had in the garden for years. Left the body untouched.
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04-09-2011, 07:03 PM
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Could be most things. A predator has eaten the brain which is quite common, either a mammalian or avian predators could have done this. |
05-09-2011, 06:30 AM
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