“Your tadpoles are now frogs,” he said. “The frog is an insect eater. As we cannot give these little frogs their natural food, we must place them where they can get it for themselves, or they will die.”
So the frogs were carried back to their native pond.
Exercises on Lesson IX.
1. What are tadpoles? 2. How old is the frog before his hind legs appear? 3. A tadpole seems to be all head and tail. Can you explain this? 4. How do tadpoles breathe—(1) when they are first hatched? (2) when they are four weeks old? (3) when they are eleven weeks old?
Frog, Toad, and Newt—showing Eggs of Toad and Newt, and Tadpoles of Frog and Toad
X.—FROGS, TOADS, AND NEWTS.
“I think we had better take our newts back to the pond now, Frank.”
“Oh, do let us keep them for a day or two longer, Uncle George. They are getting quite tame.”
As he spoke, Frank drew his finger slowly round the outside of the glass vessel that held the newts. One of the creatures swam round, following his finger.