With a passion for photographing the behaviour of smaller creatures in their natural surroundings, Javier was delighted when, on a night hike, one of his team spotted this mini drama on the forest floor. Crouching down on a jumble of fallen leaves, he persevered until he had a clear composition, with both faces in focus.
This tiny frog, less than two centimetres long, has good reason to look surprised – it is in the clutches of a wandering spider. While other families of frogs, such as poison dart frogs, are famous for being toxic, this frog’s comparatively mild poison was not enough to ward off this spider.
Spain
Javier is a Spanish biologist and wildlife and conservation photographer who focuses on the natural history, science and conservation of smaller animals. He is an Emerging League Photographer at the International League of Conservation Photographers and believes that the power of photography can be used to help conserve our planet and the animals and plants that live on it.
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