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The female frog
lays little black and white eggs in the water. She may lay as
many as 1000. The eggs are covered with jelly. The eggs are called
frogspawn. |
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In a few days
a tadpole grows inside the egg. A tadpole is a baby frog. |
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When the tadpole
breaks out of the egg it looks like a tiny fish. It has gills
on each side of its body that are used for breathing. |
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When the tadpole
is full grown, he begins to change into a frog. His back legs
begin to grow first. |
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The front legs
begin to grow. He loses his gills and grows lungs. His mouth
gets big and wide. |
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He looks like
a grown-up frog except for his tail. He can hop on the land. |
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The tail gets
smaller and smaller. |
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After a time,
the tail is all gone, and the tadpole is a frog. |
