"len gardener" wrote in message
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thanks rod,

yes i have heard of some reptiles fighting until the death but there
again the general rule is the less dominant one backs off and leaves
the scene with much haste, usually with the winner in hot pursuit no
doubt to make sure the loser keeps on truckin' hey lol.

this bird looked like the alpha male of this family his his role will
be filled or the lone female could be chased away by a new couple
wanting her turf so to speak (these families tend to have 3 or
sometimes 4 birds in the group so would guess there could be a beta
male to fill his place.), i've seen that happen and watching the alpha
male convincing the young to leave home can look nasty but then again
no real damage done just some feather knocked about.

this male looked healthy enough this morning, so it was the wound that
got him with a big loss of blood.

a dominant freddo hey they will eat anything the is small enough for
them to get it into their mouths, so reckon the amphibians see each
other as food unless the mating season is on then they reckognise
parteners by the call.

ah nature grand aint it?

len

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Len,

Asked the authority on all weird bird behaviour(mum) about the Magpie; she
said it does happen a bit. Not really common, but it does happen.

I think the frog is just a cranky bitch. She has done some pretty nasty
attacks on frogs sitting quietly beside her, but has even bitten an
employees toe, and has even crawled onto my hand in an effort to rip my
little finger off! She got 2 knuckles down her gullet before I realised she
was serious! Buggers me what she was going to do when she reached the hand!

For this sort of VERY aggresive behaviour, her name this past 4 years is Mrs
Psycho Frog...

Cheers,

Rod.