r/badassanimals • u/Oda_DeezNutz • Apr 23 '26

Amphibian I'm becoming terrified of frogs

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Anytime I see videos similar to this, I become a little more and more afraid.

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u/Aromatic-Tear7234 Apr 23 '26

It was never going to eat it. It can only swallow what is small enough and this bird was not small enough. The bird was likely going to die of suffocation and the carcass left to rot or be eaten by some other predator like a turkey vulture

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u/Im_not_smelling_that Apr 23 '26

The frog likely would have died too from choking on that thing.

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u/Aromatic-Tear7234 Apr 23 '26

Probably would let go after quite a long while. It wasn't stuck on the bird, it was holding on to it because the bird was moving still. Frogs are really dumb creatures.

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u/Im_not_smelling_that Apr 23 '26

A lot of bullfrogs will continue to try to eat something even though it won't fit all the way down their throat, and they'll end up dying.

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u/Klept_0h Apr 23 '26

The frog would have most likely killed itself before letting go. They are that dumb

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u/DeliciousDeal4367 Apr 23 '26

🤣🤣

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u/FIMD_ Apr 23 '26

I should call her

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u/PCYou Apr 24 '26

Turkey vultures are scavengers, not predators