{"id":1142,"date":"2016-05-02T20:44:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T00:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2016-05-04T06:13:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:13:29","slug":"american-bittern-eats-a-huge-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"American Bittern eats a HUGE frog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>This bird had quite a struggle with the frog, but it finally got eaten. Took over 10 minutes from capture to swallow.\u00a0 Here is a sequence, lasting about 10 minutes. (Just a few pictures culled from the whole).<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><div class=\"photocrati_nojava\" id=\"gal_images_1142_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1142\/01.bittern_O6A3480.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1142_1_1\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1142_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1142\/thumbnails\/01.bittern_O6A3480.jpg\" alt=\"01.bittern_O6A3480.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1142\/02.bittern.frog_O6A3502.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1142_1_2\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1142_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1142\/thumbnails\/02.bittern.frog_O6A3502.jpg\" alt=\"02.bittern.frog_O6A3502.jpg\" \/><\/a><a 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