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SunHawk Farms: Mendocino Bullfrog Attack

2,122 views · Published 8 July 2013 · 0:38 · Indexed 6 October 2026

Channel: Randy Johnson · 2013 · Entertainment

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The Mendocino Bullfrog Attack occurred on the afternoon of June 30, 2013, at the SunHawk Farms pond. First, videographer Randy Johnson took a startling hit on his most vulnerable body part, which John Schaeffer thought pretty amusing. Then John took a hit on the leg! Luckily the audio for this video was pre-censored by the waterproof case of the GoPro camera.

From Wikipedia:
Bullfrogs are voracious, opportunistic, ambush predators that prey on any animal they can overpower and stuff down their throats. Bullfrog stomachs have been found to contain rodents, small turtles, snakes, crayfish, frogs (including bullfrogs), birds, and a bat, as well as the many invertebrates, such as insects, which are the usual food of ranid frogs. 

Prey motion elicits feeding behavior. First, if necessary, the frog performs a single, orienting bodily rotation ending with the frog aimed towards the prey, followed by approaching leaps, if necessary. Once within striking distance, the bullfrog begins its feeding strike, which consists of a ballistic lunge (eyes closed as during all leaps) that ends with the mouth opening, extension of the fleshy and mucous-coated tongue upon the prey, often engulfing it, while the jaws continue their forward travel to close (bite) in close proximity to the prey's original location, just as the tongue is retracted back into the mouth, prey attached. Large prey that do not fit entirely into the mouth are stuffed in with the hands.

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