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How do tadpoles escape their predators?

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Red-eyed treefrogs are adorable, and unlike other frogs, which can take hours to hatch, if a red-eyed treefrog egg is approached by a hungry predator like a snake, the tiny tadpoles can hatch in seconds, escaping from their jelly-like egg prison into the world. Treefrog Embryo Escape. read more

Although the luckiest tadpoles grow up to become frogs that are predators in their own right, dining on insects that they harpoon with their sticky tongues, while they’re still in the legless, tongueless tadpole stage they are slow and almost defenseless, and the odds of any one tadpole living long enough to become a frog are very long indeed. read more

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