Nature, Green in Tooth and Claw

It's June, and the drought has begun. A hungry bullfrog is scanning the area for prey.

 A crayfish suns itself nearby, unaware of the danger.

The frog leaps to the crayfish, seeing an easy meal, but the crayfish assumes a defensive stance.

Then, it slowly backs away.                              

The frog makes its move!

    But the crayfish rolls from its jaws,

and backs away again. 

  to settle in the mud.

 

The bullfrog silently berates itself for trying to eat a creature so much fiercer than its usual prey. "Damn it, Richard! Mom always said, 'bullfrogs eat flies, not crayfish!'"