Study on introduced American Bullfrogs: Diet

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Introduced American Bullfrogs eat a wide range of prey, inverts to mammals What do American bullfrogs eat when they're away from home? Practically everything Keeping Am Bullfrogs A Survey of Amphibians, Reptiles and Insects Suitable for Maintenance in Outdoor Ponds

[Bombina Bob]

Hi there
I agree with you 110%! ive seen bullfrogs eat practically anything including a Duckling and sparrow
that flew too close to the water. The frog had some trouble getting the bird down

[findiviglio]

Hi there
I agree with you 110%! ive seen bullfrogs eat practically anything including a Duckling and sparrow
that flew too close to the water. The frog had some trouble getting the bird down

Great observation, thanks...so good to be lucky enough to catch such things; my most interesting came while tossing crickets to a habituated group of frogs that lived in an artificial pond at the Bx Zoo, where I worked at the time. The leap of a 1/2 grown individual carried him right in front of a huge male, who, with difficulty, swallowed him. A group of 4th graders was watching...Have seen males 'wrestling" as well.

Have a photo, but not on the computer, of a bullfrog swallowing a bat.

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Take care, enjoy, Frank

[Heatheranne]

This is great Frank!

I have an albino American bullfrog and he is quite fascinating . Such power in those legs, yet such smooth swimmers. I love when they turn a 360' quick to see what's going on. Awesome frogs!

[Bombina Bob]

ive always thought that the albinos of American bullfrogs looked somewhat like aliens

[Heatheranne]

ive always thought that the albinos of American bullfrogs looked somewhat like aliens

Ha ha!

[Gnag the nameless]

Oh, I've seen things like this happen. At one of my nearby lakes, where both bullfrogs and garter snakes roam, my friend and I have seen many injured garter snakes, even massive specimens, that were obviously attacked by big bullfrogs. And we rarely ever see small garter snakes there too, it's just too dangerous because of all the massive bullfrogs that inhabit that lake.

And my juvenile is already a voracious eater. She has taken down 2 crickets in one bite 3 times now! She's also a bit picky: She'll only go for the larger, juicier earthworms I feed her, she'll completely ignore the smaller ones, even if they are in plain sight. Those smaller earthworms then go to my salamanders. But, man, Gnag is an incredible hunter. She once took down 7 crickets in less than 2 minutes!!!

One thing I really love to do is watch her hunt. She used to be a lot more skittish, but now she doesn't mind having me watch her hunt. Sometimes, if I'm on the other side of the room, she'll actually go up to the glass, and stare at me from within her tank. It's incredible, how smooth and silent a swimmer she is, yet how precise and deadly a hunter she is at the same time. I can only imagine how amazing a hunter your adult bullfrog is, Heather!

[Heatheranne]

He is spoiled too. He no longer even touches the crickets. He'll rarely take the night crawlers these days either. He loves the big adult dubias . He stares at them for a few minutes and then pounces at them. He's a bit crazy. He's got some decent nose scars from diving at them so quickly. He doesn't even care. I don't like when he does that though. He is fearless. If the cat is near watching him, he just stares at her .

[Bombina Bob]

Speaking of bullfrogs and amphibians, just wondering
when the American bullfrogs come out of brumation?
i was thinking of getting a few tadpoles or eggs

[Gnag the nameless]

I'm not sure, though I'm certain that they will soon. Pacific Chorus frogs are already out and about, my friend can hear them every night on his farm, as are Northwestern Salamanders and Long toed Salamanders. Apparently, he spotted what looked like a Western toad on his way home during the evening, and when he walked to Whonnock lake in the early morning, he did spot 6 frogs, most likely bullfrogs. However, when we went later that day, in the afternoon, we saw none.

[Bombina Bob]

Yeah the Chorus frogs are defenatley out, high knoll just got about
a foot and a half of water and the river flooded so theres a huge
flooded field, But i can hear all sorts of frogs in the field but i can never
find or see any! I havent seen a pacific chorus frog for nearly
ten years!