The #Tadpoles of #IC410
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260317.html

#APOD

самец африканской роющей лягушки (Pyxicephalus adspersus) понимает, что менее 20% его головастиков смогут дожить до полового созревания. Статистика и без того удручающая, поэтому нужно думать головой и использовать невероятно сильные и мускулистые задние лапы, чтобы спасти им жизнь в случае опасности

#природа #лягушки #хлоднокровные #земноводные #головастики #видео #nature #frogs #cold_blooded #amphibians #tadpoles #video #animals #животные
https://t.me/pics_yura15cbx

Once tadpoles lose lungs, they never get them back https://phys.org/news/2025-10-tadpoles-lungs.html https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpaf192/8296690

"all #frogs have lungs, so #tadpoles retain the genetics to regain lungs when environmental pressures might favor having them but instead evolve alternate solutions... The lungless African red #toad lives in low oxygen waters, and while redeveloping lungs might seem like the obvious solution, these tadpoles have instead evolved a crest of vascularized skin on top of their heads"

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#Ochsenfrosch #Lithobates #neozoon #Bullfrog #InvasiveSpecies #Amphibian #Biodiversity #WildlifeTracking #WildlifeResearch #Grenouille #Karlsruhe #Tadpoles

Exciting #frogpond update. After a few false starts, we definitely have legs now. Saw this #froglet zipping around. Looks like a #StripedMarshFrog. Also still have some #tadpoles who are not making the leap into froghood yet. They have really grown up.

#australianwildlife #backyard #frog #garden