Nature Quest: When frog feasts on bird!
Whenever I'm in Bogra, I can't resist myself going outside early in the morning and taking photos with our members of Bogra Photography Club. One fine morning, I was out just like other days.
On my way back home, I found a shrike quite close to me. I moved forward and took some photos of it, but suddenly it flew away and sat on a small tree branch near a pond. After a few seconds, I heard something screaming and went ahead to see. What I saw surprised me -- the bird was trying to flutter its wings on the surface of the water.
At first I thought it might be a snake trying to pull the bird inside the water. But within a minute I realised that a big fat frog trying to hunt the bird. I was really astounded at the sight.
I have often watched this on National Geographic that snakes usually bring their prey to shore from water and crocodiles do the opposite. In this case, the frog was mimicking crocodile's style of hunting. The frog bit the bird's head and pulled it under water until its heart stopped beating -- the same technique crocodiles usually apply. After a while, the frog came ashore with the bird's motionless carcass and dragged it into a bush.
I have seen shrikes attacking frogs and snakes many times, but this time the opposite happened. It was an incredible experience that I can hardly put into words. How the ecosystem balances everything so nicely, what could be a better example than this?
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