This autumn, embrace puddles. Even tiny pools of water can be essential for birds, trees and pets — from washing away chemicals on leaves to forcing worms to emerge.
African clawed frog tadpoles in the laboratory.
Natasha Kruger
What was particularly interesting about the responses of the tadpoles was that they were similar even through they had very different evolutionary histories with the three species we chose.
Carnivorous bullfrog tadpoles don’t even spare their own.
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