Tad elbows

This is what a front leg looks like as it is about to emerge from a morphing tadpole:

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Tadpole-into-frog is one of those underfoot miracles that deserves more appreciation that it gets. Gills, tail, narrow mouth transform into lungs, legs and a wide mouth (the digestive system gets a makeover, too) in the space of a month or so.

These two are a little behind elbow-boy, but they’re coming along. The white things are springtails (Collembola sp.) – I seeded the morphing container so that the froglets will have snacks later on, after the tails are absorbed and they get hungry again.

4 thoughts on “Tad elbows

  1. I keep 6 – 8 together in 12″ diameter by 4″ deep glass containers – lots of surface area. These guys are in morphing containers – Sterilite shoe boxes, tipped so that the water pools at one end – w/ long fiber sphagnum, Oak laeves, java moss and pothos.

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