Wildlife photographers and soon-to-be-married couple Jai Randhawa and Emily Kate Boys have spent "countless hours exploring" what Australia has to offer, particularly in and around . The Gold Coast pair, aged 27 and 29, are "avid lovers of all things wildlife and nature" — but never before have they been quite so excited by a discovery. While exploring Springbrook National Park in the Gold Coast Hinterland earlier this year, they discovered what Jai described as a "very rare sight".
Images and video shared with Yahoo News Australia show a feeding on a vibrant green orange-eyed tree frog tree frog. Despite their time spent outdoors, Jai admits they've never seen anything quite like this when speaking with Yahoo. He said it's the "craziest thing we have ever seen".
Mostly because the crayfish in question is known to be a scavenger, feeding off "dead and decaying plant matter". But in this instance, it was "actively eating the frog alive" "Throughout the year we go on all sorts of adventures looking for cool ," the hobbyist photographer told Yahoo. "On this night it was nice and warm with lots of rain so we were driving around looking for frogs, snakes and crayfish — pretty much whatever is out and about".
Emily was first to see the crayfish feeding on the frog from afar, Jai explained. Not knowing what it was they admit there was some "confusion" at first. "We saw an odd collection of colours in a puddle and we couldn't work out what it could be," he said.
"When we pulled over and saw what was happening we were blown away, there was shock, amazement and disbelief." Jai said it's an "incredibly rare sight", and while they have seen "quite a few Lamington Spiny Crayfish" they've always been feeding on "rotting plant matter or fallen rainforest fruit". "To come across an that is typically a scavenger, actively feeding on a live frog that it had caught was unexpected to say the least.
We had never seen or heard of something like this before," he added. "It's pure luck that we were out that night and in that location." The couple, who are due to be married in May next year, share their amazing photographs on under their business name .
The incredible video showing the unique encounter was a hit with Aussies, with one describing it as "the best wildlife video I've seen". However, some were quick to question why they didn't save the frog from being eaten. "Next time save the frog," one wrote.
Explaining why they didn't, Jai told Yahoo, "We are steadfast on this as we believe in letting nature run its course". "We never interfere or take it upon ourselves to enforce our will on a wild animal, we only ever film and photograph so that we can share all the beautiful, amazing, incredible and sometimes brutal parts of the natural world.".
