Tadpoles undergo a complete metamorphosis to become frogs, developing legs while their tails gradually shrink and are absorbed into their bodies, and they transition from breathing through gills in water to breathing oxygen through lungs, enabling them to live on land as well as in water.
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We Rescued These Tadpoles… Look What They Became!
Added:all of his legs there. Again, from the hole that just left, you can see where his tail was there.
>> You see, there's only a tiny bit of water, so we're going to try to save them.
>> See him good in there.
Oh, I see him swimming around.
Yeah, look at there.
Tiny little thing. There's a lot of there, Aiden.
>> Yeah.
>> That's so cool.
>> We moved a bucket to the shade, and there's a lot more tadpoles in here now.
>> Mhm.
>> You can barely see them, you see, but >> See if we can see them in there.
There's one.
>> Um on that one.
>> Let's see.
>> There's a leg right there on that one.
>> Oh, yep, I saw it.
>> This.
>> He's looking at me.
>> Look at him.
He's looking at me.
>> Got Oh.
Wow, look at him. Can you get him, Aiden?
>> Where is he?
>> Oh.
>> Where is he?
>> Look how big they look. Where is the one with the four legs? It's got all of them, and he still has a tail.
>> Oh, tadpoles are turning into frogs right now?
>> Right now. Like they're in Hey, he hopped off.
>> He hopped, guys. He hopped.
>> Oh, look at him with their legs. Look, he's got all of his legs, but he still has his tail.
Wow, they end their stage of metamorphosis, so we can see them hop out.
>> tadpoles are big.
>> Wow, you got one?
Let's see him.
Where? Oh, he's He is jumping.
He is jumping.
Look. See.
>> I don't know. I don't know.
>> He's trying to climb out. It's okay. You can keep getting them. There's There he is. He's got all of his legs there.
Except he's still got his tail. That is so cool.
>> That is so >> [crying] >> funny.
>> Your tail isn't gone, okay?
Look at what he's trying to leave.
>> Oh, his tail is almost gone. He's about ready to leave the pool, isn't he?
>> Yep, but he's not Whoa.
But do you know that their tail absorbs into their body?
>> Careful, Dane.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> At this point, he breathes oxygen and he lost his gills. So, he can jump on land now. He can jump in water.
>> See you.
>> Daddy, get on your There he is. He's on >> Aw.
From the pool, that's just left. You can see where his tail was there. Little tiny, tiny tail still.
>> You think I can catch it?
>> I don't know. He's going to live in your garden.
>> Yeah.
>> That's so cool.
>> I think I just found one of the first frogs that hopped out there and has grown into that big.
>> So, this is one of the first ones that left our pond. Oh, I do see the yellow. I'M LEAVING.
>> [laughter] >> I TOLD YOU, HE'S GOING TO JUMP OUT.
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
>> Told you.
>> His little fingers, his suction cups.
Look at that.
Oh, he is so cute. Oh my goodness.
Huh?
>> You got You know where it was?
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>> Don't forget that we have a whole new set of tadpoles growing up.
>> Um and >> and come back to check if they're going to look the same or be totally different type of frogs. I My person I I think they're different frogs. Well, bye.
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