Killer frog in pond - Seriously!

[Ebony]

Lol...da dum....da dum

Welcome to the forum.

Do you know what species the frog is? I wouldn't have a clue if this is the norm but I imagine if frogs can eat mice then its possible that they can eat birds. Can you please post you location as it will help us to help you.

[John]

Please set your country in your profile.

It sounds like an American Bullfrog.

[concort]

Please set your country in your profile.

It sounds like an American Bullfrog.

And they kill birds? I mean like a killing spree? This thing seems like it's doing it for sport. Do they really swallow their kill whole? This thing is going to be 50 pounds before long at the rate he's killing birds. If that's what's happening here.

[SethD]

Bullfrogs will attempt to eat almost anything. As a kid I remember this one little pond I would fish where there were two or three large bullfrogs who would regularly come out and swallow my bobber even though it was nearly as big as their heads. They were very nearly the top predators in that little pond and they acted like it. It was the funniest thing to watch them slowly drift towards the bobber and then pounce, swallowing it and jerking around my fishing pole until they finally realized they couldn't eat it and spit it out. I suspect that is why the frog is killing birds. It probably got one or two little ones it managed to swallow and now is hunting them as a food source. It probably isn't able to swallow most of them though and so is leaving the bodies about.

[concort]

really. Always learning here. Thanks for this. I never ever knew frogs could eat anything other than insects. Just crazy. The birds about as big as he is. How in the world is he taking them out? He's gotta go. He's going to eat me out of pond and garden.

[concort]

[QUOTE=Ebony;29411]Lol...da dum....da dum

What does da dum da dum mean?

Anyway, I live in North East - Pennsylvania. Hey I didn't know frogs eat mice. The common everyday pond frog...Eat mice? Learn something new everyday. But I can't believe they can take down a bird. I mean...How do they do it. I have yet to witness that. Maybe knock them out with their tongue...?? Is it that strong a tongue. I tell ya...I just wouldn't buy any of this if I didn't see those incidents.

[SethD]

Lol...da dum....da dum
But I can't believe they can take down a bird. I mean...How do they do it. I have yet to witness that. Maybe knock them out with their tongue...?? Is it that strong a tongue. I tell ya...I just wouldn't buy any of this if I didn't see those incidents.

Frogs like bullfrogs take prey in two ways, one is with the tongue, and this is for average or small sized prey, but large prey items(like a bird) usually must be bitten directly and then stuffed into the mouth with the front feet as the tongue alone is not usually powerful enough to capture such large prey.

[Ebony]

Lol...da dum....da dum

Ha Ha, It was suppose to be the scary sound in the movie "Jaws"...Lol..I wasn't singing

[concort]

OK, here's the big question...How do I catch this thing? I don't want to kill him. Would like to catch him and set him loose at a lake or creek or something. He's not staying.

[SethD]

OK, here's the big question...How do I catch this thing? I don't want to kill him. Would like to catch him and set him loose at a lake or creek or something. He's not staying.

You can try catching him with a long handled dip net if you have one. If that doesn't work shoot him with a decently powerful airgun, a slingshot, a bow and arrow, etc. Just use something that isn't likely to be very dangerous should you have a ricochet. Don't feel bad about killing him if that is what it comes down to, bullfrogs are extremely common and killing one that is making a pest of itself doesn't harm the population a bit.