Frog cannibal eating others, What is Reasonable?

A photo of a pretty surprising appeared in cyberspace shows a frog preys on fellow kind.

The incident was accidentally discovered by Callan Snow, 23 years old, while walking in his backyard in Lismore, NSW, Australia, who said there are a lot of frogs.

Snow Callen something surprising, a frog preys on fellow kind. (Dailymail)

Seeing the incident, Snow, worried that the frog will not be able to devour the same frog. He

then took the amphibious animal and threw it into the bushes.

"The incident happened near my feet, then I looked down to take a photo," he told 7News. "I can not believe it happened could happen."

Reported by the Daily Mail, when it Snow was with relatives, and they pay attention to green frogs for an hour, because they think that the predator will die of poisoning from eating the cane toad.

"Here a lot of cane toads wandering around at night, and close to home," he said. We have to make sure the door is always closed. "

Herpatologis of the University of Sydney, Dr. Matthew Greenlees, told the Daily Mail Australia that amphibians brown burrowing frog is nonlethal.

The incident he found in the back yard of his house. (Dailymail)

Burrowing frog is native to Australia, and can be found hiding in the bushes looking for invertebrate prey.

Greenlees also said that the attitude shown by the cannibal tree frog is not surprising.

"Generally, the green tree frog is not picky on food, anything that moves and if it were to fit in their mouths would eat it," he said.

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