The viral video opens to show a snake crawling on a huge stone while two frogs are mating on it. The snake, eyeing the frogs, grasped one of them in its mouth and moved down into the pond below.

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This technique, called startle coloration, may give a bird or snake pause, offering a precious instant for the frog to spring to safety. Their neon-green bodies may play a similar role in ...