Frog refuse to be swallowed by holding onto bird's face

This video shows a frog’s smart tactic of grabbing onto the face of a predatory bird, determined not be swallowed. The video also resembles two life situations many of us can relate to. Sometimes our eyes can be too big for our stomachs and secondly, never give up when you are fighting for something, especially your own life.
When going on safari, the focus is mostly on finding the big mammals roaming the African bush. While the larger and more popular animal species attract more attention, the African wild of course is filled with so many other smaller animals such as birds, reptiles, and insects. When you spend a little more time looking closer, you will discover a whole new world. While leading a safari I could never have imagined that we will be so fascinated by a frog and a bird. We arrived at a small watering hole during our early morning safari. There were no animals around to be seen. After scanning the area thoroughly, I suddenly noticed some erratic movement at the edge of the water. It was a predatory bird called a hammerhead stork. Their diet consists primarily of frogs, tadpoles, small fish, crustaceans, worms, and insects and are almost always found near water. This particular bird had a huge frog in its mouth. After slapping the frog around a few times, the bird decided it was time to swallow. I thought to myself, ‘gosh that is one big meal to swallow for breakfast’. A whole frog like that would last the bird for more than a day. But to everybody’s total surprise, the frog had different plans with a true ‘never say die’ attitude. As the bird attempted to swallow the frog, the frog would react by grabbing and then holding onto the beak and face of the bird. This tactic made it impossible for the bird to swallow the frog. This was fascinating and hilarious at the same time to watch. These hammerhead storks normally make a quick deal out of their meal but not this time round. For a second time the bird attempted to swallow the frog. Once again, the frog refused to be swallowed, grabbing the bird’s face, holding on for dear life. That frog decided that it was not going down on that day and amazingly the bird eventually dropped the frog and moved on, realising its eyes on this occasion was way bigger than its stomach.