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ben rigsby Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 No. of posts: 337  View other posts by ben rigsby |
Posted: 26 Feb 2011
sadly, the red frog waving from the heart of this mating ball is dead. but if your number's up, then dying while having sex seems a pretty pleasant exit though eh? 
well its better than suffering a lonely suffocation during the freeze - like so many others of its kind! 
Moving on..... YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! garden frogspawn at last! 
take a bow RT. 
there were dozens of frogs about - however, most sussed me on approach and ducked away before i could attempt a decent en masse pic. these are from my smaller pond. it is raised-up above ground level on one side and arcs around to rest against high fern-cloaked banking. a very convenient set-up for taking snaps at near eye-level! i had to slither up prostrate and strike quickly with my zoom lens to get these! youve heard of the human FLY, well meet Ben - the human ADDER! 
in a GLOS garden today; 
Note red individual at top of pic here. i get 1 or 2 of those most years. 
whoops! pic of me performing in Bristol couple of weeks ago.* how did THAT get there???
guess i am rather scaly and reptilian-looking in my old age. so not entirely off topic eh?
regards all! ben * im the one with the big mouth, stalking the audience. you'd guessed that already huh?
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 27 Feb 2011 "...but if your number's up, then dying while having sex seems a pretty pleasant exit though eh?" A friend's father-in-law died like that but not with his wife but another woman! His grown up children didn't find it very pleasant nor did his wife although it can be joked about now, years later. Suz |
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kevinb Senior Member Joined: 18 Mar 2009 No. of posts: 61 View other posts by kevinb |
Posted: 27 Feb 2011 Did they manage to get the coffin lid down. |
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 27 Feb 2011 I don't know ALL the details! Suz |
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tim-f Senior Member Joined: 13 Apr 2008 No. of posts: 60  View other posts by tim-f |
Posted: 27 Feb 2011 Yay, the old ones are the best! Nice photos Ben. I've seen diddly so far this year, but then I've been pretty busy, so haven't really been out much. Off topic alert - What's your band's name Ben? Also, I don't recognise the venue. Next time you play Bristol I'll try and come along. Regards, Tim. |
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Baby Sue Senior Member Joined: 19 Feb 2008 No. of posts: 412  View other posts by Baby Sue |
Posted: 28 Feb 2011 I donÆt like Bristol, IÆve got a horrible auntie that lives there. I wanted presents from lots of you. Snot fair that Ben Rigsby was the only one to send me Xmas & birthday presents. 
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ben rigsby Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 No. of posts: 337 View other posts by ben rigsby |
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 [QUOTE=kevinb] Did they manage to get the coffin lid down. [/QUOTE]
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great story suz. thanks for sharing! it was  // at the same time!
cheers tim, it would be great to meet other members at a gig! 
bands called CHINESE BURN. (i wanted to call it SAW-SCALED VIPER but was out-voted)
venue is THE BUNCH OF GRAPES (near The Hippodrome) heres a couple more 2011 frog pix. enjoy (and lets see yours members)!! fresh posts/accounts please 
as well as the current pond aggregations, i recently lifted an old railway sleeper and uncovered these last years metamorphs; heres ANOTHER generation of upstarts; 
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Baby Sue Senior Member Joined: 19 Feb 2008 No. of posts: 412 View other posts by Baby Sue |
Posted: 04 Mar 2011 Your pics are ace Ben. I wanted presents from lots of you. Snot fair that Ben Rigsby was the only one to send me Xmas & birthday presents.
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ben rigsby Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 No. of posts: 337 View other posts by ben rigsby |
Posted: 04 Mar 2011 thanks sue.
glad you enjoyed them. when you look at the RAUK stats, snakes are by far and away the most popular herps among members. im not surprised - it was ever thus among herpy folk i suppose. HENCE; adder= 369 RAUK topic posts, grass snake 205. by comparison, natterjack toad (despite its rarity - you might expect far higher!)= only 22! and as for palmate newt, well lets just forget they exist shall we?
a paltry 16 postings! the post tally for our beloved common frog (135) would be much lower too if us 2 Anurogeeks didnt keep incessantly putting up afresh!
cos WE know best dont we? 
common frogs are MUCH more  than any serpent eh?
who cares if theyre (presently) as common as muck and not rare "Royalty" like sand lizards or smooth snakes? i can relate to that - theyre just like me! !!!
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YouÆve got way more spawn than me Ben. 
