This is a repost from a dart frog forum, but I thought some of you may enjoy these pics as it's a pretty rare occurrence.
It's pretty bizarre, pitcher plants are carnivorous but some frogs use them as hiding spots and even lay eggs and develop their tads in them. Most tree frogs and dartfrogs can get out of them with no problems. If the pitchers are too small they can't get in if pitchers are too big they get in and out. If you happen to die inside you get digested.
This little guy got a bit greedy and started going after the freshly fallen fruit flies.
He could barely squeeze into the pitcher and I wonder if it would have spelled his end or if he'd manage to get out of it. He was sort of stuck, but if the hips would have gone in, the pitcher would have been so cramped that I doubt he'd be able to turn around and get out.
IT happened at the right time too, so I grabbed the camera and took a few frames of what went down in a sequence. He lived to see another day!
It's pretty bizarre, pitcher plants are carnivorous but some frogs use them as hiding spots and even lay eggs and develop their tads in them. Most tree frogs and dartfrogs can get out of them with no problems. If the pitchers are too small they can't get in if pitchers are too big they get in and out. If you happen to die inside you get digested.
This little guy got a bit greedy and started going after the freshly fallen fruit flies.
He could barely squeeze into the pitcher and I wonder if it would have spelled his end or if he'd manage to get out of it. He was sort of stuck, but if the hips would have gone in, the pitcher would have been so cramped that I doubt he'd be able to turn around and get out.
IT happened at the right time too, so I grabbed the camera and took a few frames of what went down in a sequence. He lived to see another day!
