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    Default Frog death positions- what do they mean??

    So I noticed different death positions frogs can take, and was wondering what each meant
    1: front legs under chest, lying on belly, back legs sprawled out
    2: front legs under chest, lying on belly, one leg sprawled the other folded
    3: upside down will all legs out in pushup position
    4: 1 or 2 but upside down
    5: on belly with legs under/against body- I assume died in hibernation?

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    I used to keep toads when i was younger but this is what i have noticed
    1: front legs under chest, lying on belly, back legs sprawled out
    Means the frog drowned
    2: front legs under chest, lying on belly, one leg sprawled the other folded
    Squished
    3: upside down will all legs out in pushup position
    Drowned
    4: 1 or 2 but upside down
    Drowned or squished
    5: on belly with legs under/against body
    Suffocated,starvation,sick,or poisned

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    I've seen tree frogs in #3 and they weren't near any water

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    Well they could have fought

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    The position of their body when they expire is not enough to give an accurate cause of death. Most of the time it takes a Nechropsy to determine exact cause of death.


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    I'm sorry, but I had to chuckle bc reading this I got an image of the white chalk frog outline on a dark floor, like in some forensic investigation !
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