A Toad for Breakfast--Striped necked mongoose

[Shyamala Kumar]

This quick moving denizen was moving like lightning towards us when It suddenly turned tail and made a beeline back towards the forest line.I saw the reason dangling :drool: out of its mouth.Nikon7100+150-600mm ISO800 F/8 1/500s Bandipur early morning Nov 2015.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Wow, this is a nice record. Could you share a close crop of the prey? Toads produce toxins that make them inedible to most animals. If this mongoose actually caught a toad, it would be a valuable record.

[Shyamala Kumar]

I am posting a crop of the `toad` and leaving it to your judgement.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice documentation. Frogs and snakes are, inter alia, form 'diet' of Common Mongoose. The same may be true for Striped Mongoose. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

From the webbing visible in the feet, I'd say it's a bullfrog. Not completely sure though.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice moment captured. You could photograph quite a rare behaviour. Thanks for sharing.

[Debasis Bose]

Moment beautifully captured

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Rare moment captured well. A wee bit of sharpening and opening up the shadows a little, will help control the burn effect.
Thanks for sharing

Rajan

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice record here..it is a bull frog
TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I have seen The stripe necked mongoose feed on frogs and crabs in nagarhole in the salt licks. It was a foggy morning and I had shot many shots but couldn't get the prey as clearly as this. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi