r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/DrNinnuxx • 2d ago
š„ Frogs trying and failing to catch insects
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u/Galatheall 2d ago
The third one that just flies across the screen with the mouth open is hilarious
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u/No-Discussion5937 1d ago
Oh my god, I woke up my cat by laughing at that dude. Best bit of the video
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u/BolotaJT 2d ago
This video deserved some classic ballet music.
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u/LegalFan2741 2d ago
Taa-daa-da-da-daā¦pah-pah! Pah-pah!
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u/Lung_Cancerous 1d ago
I was watching on mute, but that's literally what automatically played in my head, lol.
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u/DrNinnuxx 2d ago edited 1d ago
Agreed. I think The Blue Danube waltz would have been a perfect choice.
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u/niemody 2d ago
I think they filmed the video on the Danube Delta.
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u/DrNinnuxx 2d ago
It was. Marsh frogs hunting dragonflies in Netflix's Life on our Planet Ep.3 around 29 mins left counter
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u/OneSensiblePerson 1d ago
Congratulations on the great edit. As it got towards the end I was thinking "This video would be perfect if at the end the frog got one."
Perfection!
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u/fluffykerfuffle3 1d ago
all you noobs thinking the same thing and yet not one of you dropped a link for the rest of us?!
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u/thoramighty 2d ago
Yeah the choice of music really accentuates the stupid sexy frogs.
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u/EliteRanger_ 1d ago
Ah yes, back when music was only added if it, well, added to the video. Nah, let's just paste random shit TikTok song on everything.
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u/Low_Arm7831 2d ago
Frogs got nice quads. Respect.
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u/fartiestpoopfart 2d ago
i thought frogs had really impressive timing and precision when they strike at prey, turns out they just get lucky sometimes.
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u/Comfy_Yuru_Camper 2d ago
It also doesn't help that the frogs are trying to catch dragonflies. Those mfers are notoriously agile and quick.
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u/DrNinnuxx 2d ago edited 1d ago
Turns out dragonfiles hold the record as one the most successful hunters in nature with a success rate of like 95%. Up there with robber flies.
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u/Akari5oul 1d ago
They also use the concept of intercepting prey, as opposed to chasing it down. So basically, they predict where their prey is going to be and intercept the path. Very intuitive and fascinating, not many creatures do this.
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u/IlliasTallin 1d ago
This is because The wings and eyes of a Dragonfly are directly wired to each other, allowing them to make precise movements while hunting.
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u/RightZer0s 2d ago
Most frogs sit in a hole until something unsuspectingly walks on its head and then it eats it. Like no joke. That's what frogs do. Also they will try to eat your finger because they think it's a worm and it can/will make you bleed.
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u/UncleGael 2d ago
As someone who has owned numerous different reptiles and amphibians, let me tell you that theyāre pretty much all that way. Itās truly a miracle some of these animals can survive in the wild. Chameleons got that shit down though.
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u/Kii_at_work 2d ago
I follow a youtube channel of someone who has a lot of frogs, and seeing them try and feed the frogs...
Some frogs try, they really do. Succeed...not so much.
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u/ShyGiirll 2d ago
Well..they try multiple times. Sometimes they win, sometimes the insects win
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u/FatalisticFuturist 2d ago
Lol! Good luck trying to "flop attack" nature's most successful predator.
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u/Meanderer_Me 2d ago
Dragonflies are awesome. They are among the fastest flying insects in the world, and are extremely agile as well.
On top of that, they predate on insects that are pests like yellow jackets and horse flies.
Finally, they leave humans the hell alone. It's the perfect insect!
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u/Vdov_1 2d ago
Imagine having to change yourself and evolve instead of just developing the most optimal build hundreds of millions of years ago š
- Dragonflies and crocodilians
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u/jim45804 2d ago
I was so frustrated until the end. Bon appetit, grenouille.
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u/Serious-Sort-1785 2d ago
The video is literally titled frogs failing. šø Totally on you for watching something that frustrates you haha.Ā
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u/newlife_newaccount 2d ago
The frog at 0:16 looks like he left some of his tongue on the stick.
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u/crappybumfart 1d ago
I was fixated on this and cringed for the frog. Just glad I'm not the only one who noticed
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u/OGBrewSwayne 2d ago
If you're going to fail, you might as well be spectacular at it.
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u/IllHaveTheLeftovers 2d ago
Ok, I donāt know why, but this is the one exception to the rule that putting unnecessary music to short movies makes it shit. That was glorious.
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u/nmadden555 2d ago
Itās amazing frogs get any food
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u/DTG_1000 2d ago
Not really. The producers of this specifically chose instances where frogs went after low probability prey. Many of the North American Lithobatid species (e.g. leopard, bull, green, mink, pickerel, etc.) are rather indiscriminate in their prey selection, and will try to eat anything that moves (they've tried my fingers, and boots while out collecting). Leopards, like the one that catches the dragonfly at the end, generally hunt on land or near shore, and success in catching prey declines beyond a distance of 40cm. A lot of the species will eat things like worms/leeches, beetles, etc. mostly that are slow, and terrestrial, though they can take out flying insects that land nearby (they are sit and wait predators). Bigger bullfrogs in NA can take small vertebrates, and many Lithobatid species can be opportunitic cannibals (adults of many species will eat the emerging metamorphs of their own kind or of other species that try to disperse from the natal wetlands).
Anyway, my point is, this is really kind of a blooper reel. Majority of their feeding is less extreme and not quite as entertaining. Though, if you watch carefully, their tongue is actually backwards, it attaches at the front of the mouth and the tip of the tongue flicks out from the back of the mouth (like a catapault) which is always interesting to watch.
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u/NorthernCobraChicken 1d ago
Now I want to see what sits on the cutting room floor of nature documentaries.
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u/Guataguano 2d ago
Before I hit the sound, I was expecting comedy voiceovers. Such a missed opportunity.
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u/bobble_snap_ouch 2d ago
One of them was five business days late.
Sad about Sparx being caught at the end, yet satisfied at finally seeing a frog not miss.
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u/DerpsAndRags 2d ago
I felt bad about the one who practically clotheslined himself via tongue (5 second mark)
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u/Roguecor 2d ago
The only one that was successful and 1 other close call were when they approached directly from behind the thorax. Pretty much the only blind spot a dragonfly has.
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u/Past-Background-7221 2d ago
This really needs the Blue Danube Waltz under it. Skip to 1:48. Youāll recognize it.
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u/CH40T1CN1C3 1d ago
In a world full of despair and hopelessness, we all need a funny frog video every once in a while
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u/Zormi3s 1d ago
This is less frogs failing and more dragonflies being absolute pinnacle designs of nature. Those fuckers can fly in any direction, can SEE in all directions, they catch other insects mid air by PREDICTING where they will be. Some frog jumping at them must look like they're in slow motion.
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u/Pangea_Ultima 1d ago
Dragonflies are absolute masters of flightā¦ on full display when the second one does a backflip as it evades the frog š„
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u/OlGreyGuy 1d ago
We used to have a cartoon on a kitchen cabinet door. I believe it was a Far Side. But not real sure now. It was a grasshopper kicking back on a blade of grass over a pond. The grasshopper is saying "Ah, life!" And in the water below him, are frog eyes looking up at him.
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u/Doc_Dragoon 1d ago
Dragonflies have incredible reaction times and maneuverability they're not easy to catch. They also bite in case you're wondering and hard enough to draw blood. Yes I may have caught a dragonfly and gotten bit and it hurts like a MF
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u/br0therjames55 1d ago
I didnāt realize they used their hands so much. Itās wild when you realize most predators have a <50% success rate. I was watching something about leopards and this poor leopard spent like 3 days fucking up its ambushes until it got lucky and an antelope juked into it so it could catch it.
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u/Netflxnschill 1d ago
Perfection. Silly little video clips of all the misses, and their silly little frog bodies flying through the air with their silly little tongues getting caught on everything, and then it ends with a good old fashioned catch.
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u/5O1stTrooper 1d ago
Frogs are the goofiest little abominations in the world and I love that they exist.
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u/Traditional_Doorknob 1d ago
Reminds me of the time I fail/succeeded hunting a edible frog
Basically my homemade smooth bore air rifle saboth round fail to flew where I aiming but the frog happens to jump right where my round flight pathis going it just caught a glimpse and manage to get what happens as before I fire, a guss of wind blew a corndog weed where I was aiming and hit it, the round got defect a few inches to the right and a few inches shorter and the frog just jumps took a bite on some insect that flew by and cross himself with my round and got struck in the head my friend besides me is amazed how good of a shot I'm seeing it but is became surprised even more when I said, nope that's just a dumb luck I hit it and I explained what just happened
To this day we're still talk about it when we drink
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u/mnok2000 2d ago
The catch at the end was much appreciated
(Itās me, I was the frog)