Friday, April 20, 2012

Frog Life Cycle


What are the stages of the frog's life cycle?
     Eggs Frogs lay thousands of eggs that do not have shells.  They are  
              covered with a jelly-like substance that helps protect them from 
              being eaten by creatures in the water.  The eggs stick together 
              to form frog-spawn that floats to the top of the water.  A few
              days later the tadpoles hatch out.



     Tadpoles Tadpoles have a head, tail and body. They live under water 
                    and breathe through their gills.  They eat algae and other tiny   
                    water plants as they swim. After about a month, a bulge 
                    appears at the base of their tail where their hind legs will grow.  
                    They also begin to grow lungs for breathing.  


Tadpoles to Froglets After seven weeks their hind legs begin to grow.  
                              After nine weeks, front lets grow and their tails are  
                              almost gone.  After about twelve weeks the tadpoles  
                              can swim to the surface of the water and breathe in air.




             Adult Frogs After about three months, the tadpoles have become 
                               young frogs. They can live in or out of water and eat  
                               insects or worms.  













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