Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Tadpole facts 

  • A tadpole's 'nickname' is a polliwog. 
  • One of a tadpole's favourite foods tends to be boiled lettuce. 
  • Most species of tadpole have mouths like a suction cap to hold onto their food while feeding. 
  • A tadpole will eat its tail if it is hungry!
  • Tadpoles grow faster in warm water.
  • Some tadpoles shrink into frogs smaller than their original size.
  • Some species of tadpoles grow up inside the egg and come out as frogs.


  • Frog facts 

  • There are 6348 known species of frogs & toads.
  • Frogs' tongues are attached to the front of their mouth so that they can push big insects down their throat with their tounge.
  • If the frog's tounge is not strong enough to push the prey down their throat, they use their eyeballs on the roof of their mouth to help push it down. This is why frogs often blink when they have eaten something.
  • The bones of a frog form a growth ring every year, just like a tree!
  • Frogs can be as small as 1cm or as large as 30cm.
  • The Golden Dart Frog is the most poisonous frog on Earth; the skin of one frog can kill up to 1,000 people!
  • Arctic frogs can freeze solid, then thaw out again!
  • The cricket frog can jump up to 40 times its own length!
  • The african sharp nosed frog can jump higher than 5 metres.
  • Some frogs have heart shaped pupils.
  • Frogs can only see in black & white.


  • To see more awesome facts, click here.

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