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Killing frogs
Does anyone know what kills frogs by chewing off all their legs and leaving
the body behind? I suspect a cat. I know herons and snakes eat them whole. There are no snappers in the ponds because of the nets. What other than a cat would do this to frogs. We have almost no frogs left and were once crawling with them. The smaller 900g pond no longer has a net or fish. It's for lilies and frogs now... but there are almost no frogs now. :*( -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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Reel McKoi wrote:
Does anyone know what kills frogs by chewing off all their legs and leaving the body behind? I suspect a cat. I know herons and snakes eat them whole. There are no snappers in the ponds because of the nets. What other than a cat would do this to frogs. We have almost no frogs left and were once crawling with them. The smaller 900g pond no longer has a net or fish. It's for lilies and frogs now... but there are almost no frogs now. :*( My cat kills frogs in the way described.....usually it is just the guts left on the doorstep with maybe a leg or two to allow you to identify the poor victim but not always....he did bring in a grass snake once and deliver the entire body onto one of the children's beds at lights out....of course following the screams lights out extended quite a few hours afterwards that evening..... Seriously frogs seem to be quite fickle.....my old water feature/fountain thingy had at least 4 frogs in residence....my replacement pond only has two at the moment but it is new.....I would suspect that the changes you have made to the pond have caused the frogs to decamp for a while - they or their desendants, or new frogs will probably be back next year if not sooner....they seem to have a great ability to sniff out water Gill |
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(waving to Gill!)
A friend's cat left half a frog on her carpet, the bottom half. I think, if it is a pet cat, and they are fed, they really don't have the appetite to finish off their prey and maybe it doesn't taste as good as Tasty Kitty Kibbles. k :-) |
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"Gill Passman" wrote in message ... Reel McKoi wrote: Does anyone know what kills frogs by chewing off all their legs and leaving the body behind? I suspect a cat. I know herons and snakes eat them whole. There are no snappers in the ponds because of the nets. What other than a cat would do this to frogs. We have almost no frogs left and were once crawling with them. The smaller 900g pond no longer has a net or fish. It's for lilies and frogs now... but there are almost no frogs now. :*( My cat kills frogs in the way described.....usually it is just the guts left on the doorstep with maybe a leg or two to allow you to identify the poor victim but not always... This cat chews all the legs off or just the back legs and leaves the entire body there. This last frog was still alive with no legs and died in my hand. I was sick. ..he did bring in a grass snake once and deliver the entire body onto one of the children's beds at lights out....of course following the screams lights out extended quite a few hours afterwards that evening..... I can imagine! :-O If this cat is killing snakes I'm not finding the bodies. We have a lot of snakes here due to the rocky wooded area behind the house. All the neighbors here are sick to death of people dumping cats instead of taking them to the shelter. Seriously frogs seem to be quite fickle.....my old water feature/fountain thingy had at least 4 frogs in residence....my replacement pond only has two at the moment but it is new.....I would suspect that the changes you have made to the pond have caused the frogs to decamp for a while - they or their desendants, or new frogs will probably be back next year if not sooner....they seem to have a great ability to sniff out water The numbers were low before we cleaned out the ponds this weekend. I noticed less frogs at my neighbors stock pond as well, but didn't look in the grass for dead ones. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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Reel McKoi wrote:
Does anyone know what kills frogs by chewing off all their legs and leaving the body behind? FRENCHMEN |
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Does anyone know what kills frogs by chewing off all their legs and leaving the body behind? ©anadian Ponder wrote: FRENCHMEN LOLOLOLOLOLOL! k :-) |
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"©anadian Ponder" " wrote in message .com... Reel McKoi wrote: Does anyone know what kills frogs by chewing off all their legs and leaving the body behind? FRENCHMEN =========================== I'll keep my eyes open for them. I hope they're good looking. ;-) -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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kathy wrote:
©anadian Ponder wrote: FRENCHMEN LOLOLOLOLOLOL! k :-) They taste just like chicken.....but with the disadvantage that there just isn't as much meat on a frog leg as there is on a drumstick or chicken wing.... Gill |
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Gill Passman wrote:
kathy wrote: ©anadian Ponder wrote: FRENCHMEN LOLOLOLOLOLOL! k :-) They taste just like chicken..... Frenchmen?? but with the disadvantage that there just isn't as much meat on a frog leg Oh... -- derek |
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Woe is me. Not enough wine in the world, I expect, to
try frog legs or snails! FrogZilla, out in the pond as I type, is relieved to hear it. k :-) |
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kathy wrote:
Woe is me. Not enough wine in the world, I expect, to try frog legs or snails! FrogZilla, out in the pond as I type, is relieved to hear it. k :-) Snails do not taste like either Frenchmen or chicken. They taste something like shrimp (though it's rather hard to tell, as they're traditional killed by drowning them in garlic). -- derek |
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kathy wrote:
Woe is me. Not enough wine in the world, I expect, to try frog legs or snails! FrogZilla, out in the pond as I type, is relieved to hear it. k :-) Hmmmm....now snails with garlic butter and a bit of parsley are an entire different ball game to frogs legs.....bit chewy and gritty if not prepared correctly but very nice once you get over the thought that you are eating a snail..... I find it interesting how certain foods are acceptable to certain cultures and how even those more adventurous still cannot pallet the thought of eating certain creatures.....over here there is a move towards marketing grey squirrels (may contain traces of nuts) but I can't quite bring myself to try....kangaroo meat, crocodile and allegator steaks have been available for years - but I can't quite get my head around serving them up for tea..... A friend of mine's Mother was nuts about her Koi.....they had Japanese guests.....the culture is that they bring a gift to the host....in this case they did a bit of research and discovered that she was very fond of these fish....so they bought her 4, nicely gutted and wrapped in newspaper ready to serve for dinner once suitably cooked..... Gill |
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Derek Broughton wrote:
They taste just like chicken..... Frenchmen?? Never tried eating one myself but I'm pretty sure if I did that they would taste just like chicken - lol Gill |
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Where I lived in Canada Frenchmen were not native
west of the Rockies. k :-) |
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"kathy" wrote in message ... Woe is me. Not enough wine in the world, I expect, to try frog legs or snails! FrogZilla, out in the pond as I type, is relieved to hear it. k :-) ===================== I had snails in a wine sauce in a French Restaurant in NYC years ago. They were delicious. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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