[GinaIsWild]

well, we're really ranging far afield from what i ever imagined from posting a few pics of a snake and a toad; it boils down to the fact that the snake will live and likely eat something else. it's body condition was such that most likely it will survive to find something else to eat, if a hawk doesn't come along and eat it first. for the toad, it was lights out. game over.

eric, you like snakes so you defend the snake. but, that is fine. both the snake and the toad are equally important in the grand scheme of things. the snake and the toad are both alive in this situation, and who knows maybe they will meet again with different results. otherwise, only one is alive. i prefer life, and the chance to do something. now, the toad and the snake can both 'do' something... at least until one or the other eats or gets eaten . eric you mention the loss of a meal for the snake, but it's the loss of life for the toad; not equal at all. the loss of one meal won't do in that snake