Snake and frog staying safe from floods together in Broome, Australia is 🔥
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Snack pack.
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rangeo
"Safe"
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He's just not hungry yet.
hitemplo [OP]
Or he already ate, and nature doesn't kill where it doesn't need to because nature is fucking 🔥
Mande1baum
well that's demonstrably false in about a billion ways. Domesticated cats alone account for the first few million examples.
hitemplo [OP]
Cats are not snakes, who only eat once a week/day or so depending on the snake, and cats don't need to reserve energy in order to digest prey like cold-blooded animals do. My umbrella point is that snakes are not cats.
But yes, as a cat owner, I can attest to your point - I just posted a picture of my own very not-hungry cat playing with a cricket on r/jellybeantoes.
There is a series of these reptile/amphibian photos from the flood here , if you'd like to see.
WarKiel
Cats were specifically bred by humans to hunt even when not hungry.
slavefeet918
Cats are far from the only animals too kill needlessly
DoubleJumpNinja
So I’m guessing no one noticed the 2nd frog under the first one
LaserReptar
Or the third one behind the snek
redditninemillion
Kinky
AStefan93
All jokes aside, can someone explain how these frogs are so comfortable in the presence of that snake? Does that snake not eat frogs, in general? Is it common in nature for this to happen? (Predators and prey hanging around like nothing is wrong?)
hitemplo [OP]
There isn't enough space on the ground for anyone because of the flood; any animal who can't fly or doesn't have a defence against their nest flooding needs to share the usable spaces above the flood (in this case on a tree) or risk dying. The photographer caught a snake who just isn't hungry. Snakes need a lot of energy to digest an animal and if they've recently eaten they won't eat another one, especially in a flood like this where they might need that energy for something else (like swimming). These animals have had their homes turned upside down and are more worried about surviving these conditions than eating, in this photograph.
generalh87
I also guard my food from others.
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Sportsmanship
RudeCats
Just a couple of cute cozy critters cuddling together
CleverGirl023
More like waiting for the frog to move whilst the frog is praying hahaha
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Not only do they kill you, they also team up
movingbasskeys
Trust in me, just in me
dontheconqueror
Keeping his lunch warm.
kmcmahon12
Natures oven, hes merely warming that shit up for later 😎
oddbodkin1
Cold blooded bros.
FeminineGrace
“Boat snack!”
CurlingPornAddict
But does the frog have pockets?
hasanyonereddit
Snake is just keeping his food warm
Fishstall
Sigh nature is beautiful
Snake:shh the storm cant hurt you anymore (whispers) but my stomach will Frog: whatd you say homie Snake:shh it was the storm.
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Frog: This is Australia, so I'm obviously extremely poisonous.
Elliephant51 6 points · Feb 2018
Green Tree Frog, gentle sleepy green frog