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Pickerel Frog

Rana palustris

Description:

While it looks like the Pickerel is engaging the Green Frog in conversation, he was actually in the process of consuming his own shed skin that he had pulled up over his head.

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3 Comments

textless
textless 12 years ago

Great photo and weird, interesting moment. :)

Cheryl Lee
Cheryl Lee 12 years ago

It took me a moment to figure out what was actually going on here, I'd never seen that before!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Love it! And thanks for the story!

Cheryl Lee
Spotted by
Cheryl Lee

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Sep 24, 2011
Submitted on Nov 10, 2011

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