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Pickerel Frog

Rana palustris

Photo by Cheryl Lee
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

While it looks like the Pickerel is engaging the Green Frog in conversation, he was actually in the process of consuming his own shed skin that he had pulled up over his head.

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Comments (3)
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Great photo and weird, interesting moment. :)
Cheryl Lee
It took me a moment to figure out what was actually going on here, I'd never seen that before!
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011

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