Stage 3 Froglets
Change 1: At four weeks the tadpoles will start to use their lungs to breathe and climb out of the pond. At 6-9 weeks, tiny legs will sprout on the tadpole, first in the back and then in the front.
Change 2: Loss of the tadpole's tail usually occurs around 12 weeks. At this stage the tadpole is known as a froglet. Interestingly it is at this stage that the froglet stops eating plants. WHY? It is during this stage and change that froglets reabsorb their tail and get the nutrition they need to continue to grow. It is because of the reabsorbtion of the tail that it disappears!
Change 3: At 12 -16 weeks froglets go through this final change before it becomes a frog. It is during this final change that the froglet becomes a meat eater (insects and worms) instead of eating plants.
Change 1: At four weeks the tadpoles will start to use their lungs to breathe and climb out of the pond. At 6-9 weeks, tiny legs will sprout on the tadpole, first in the back and then in the front.
Change 2: Loss of the tadpole's tail usually occurs around 12 weeks. At this stage the tadpole is known as a froglet. Interestingly it is at this stage that the froglet stops eating plants. WHY? It is during this stage and change that froglets reabsorb their tail and get the nutrition they need to continue to grow. It is because of the reabsorbtion of the tail that it disappears!
Change 3: At 12 -16 weeks froglets go through this final change before it becomes a frog. It is during this final change that the froglet becomes a meat eater (insects and worms) instead of eating plants.