What do tadpoles use to swim?

They wiggle their tail (which, incidentally, is pretty much their whole body), and it creates propulsion. If you have ever seen someone swim with a dolphin kick, it is very similar to how tadpoles swim. read more

Tadpoles use their tails to swim. You will see what look like very small fish with tails (or possibly legs if they are becoming frogs soon) and frogs around your pool. read more

They do not usually have arms or legs until the transition to adulthood, and typically have a large, flattened tail with which they swim by lateral undulation, similar to most fish. As a tadpole matures, it most commonly metamorphosizes by gradually growing limbs (usually the back legs first, followed by the front legs) and then (most commonly in the case of frogs) outwardly absorbing its tail by apoptosis. read more