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How do tadpoles turn into frogs?
Did you know a single mother frog can lay up to 20,000 squishy eggs at once? That's enough to fill a massive sports arena! Join Mira and Finn on an incredible underwater adventure to discover one of nature's most extreme shape-shifting magic tricks: how a tadpole transforms into a frog!
When baby tadpoles hatch, they don't look like frogs at all. They are little legless swimming beans that breathe through gills, just like fish! But soon, a special chemical alarm clock goes off inside their bodies, telling them it is time to build a land-hopping amphibian. Discover the wild science behind metamorphosis, where back legs sprout, front legs pop out from under the skin, and lungs magically expand to breathe air! The wildest part? Tadpoles actually recycle and absorb their own tails for energy while their intestines shrink to get ready for a meat-eating bug diet!
Get ready to learn mind-blowing facts about frogs that survive being frozen into solid ice cubes, and super-jumpers that can leap over forty times their own body length! Hit play and uncover the awesome secrets of these tiny green superheroes!
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