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This epic struggle between a mighty frog and a giant snake is in fact about a thousandth of the scale necessary for a “real” giant monster tussle. The photo won its photographer the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. It is titled “Deadlock” and was taken by David Maitland, who spent the night in a Belizean rain forest in order to record this image of a rare Morelet’s tree frog that “doggedly refused to become supper for a cat-eyed snake”.<\/p>\n
The struggle went on for some hours and Maitland finally left them to it.<\/p>\n
“I would love to have seen them go their separate ways, but I was exhausted,” the photographer said. “The frog was all the time trying to pull the snake off, but the snake just wouldn’t let go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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- Source<\/strong>: National Geographic News<\/a> via Sean Williams<\/li>\n
- Photograph by David Maitland\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This epic struggle between a mighty frog and a giant snake is in fact about a thousandth of the scale necessary for a “real” giant monster tussle. The photo won its photographer the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. … Continue reading