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froglets sticking on the paving
In message , Janet Baraclough
writes Marital hazard alert..do check the age of the towel with Mme Stejonda before offering it to frogs :~} Correcto - 'No tenemos viejas toallas!!!' was the response. So I used t-towels of which we have many - and it rained here last night. -- dave @ stejonda |
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froglets sticking on the paving
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:10:29 +0100, Victoria Clare
wrote: When does a tadpole with legs become a frog with a tail? I've always considered that there's an intermediate stage of frogpole to cover the stage when they have both legs and a tail. -- Cheers, Serena Sometimes I sits and thinks ... and sometimes I just sits. (Punch cartoon) |
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froglets sticking on the paving
In article 2,
Victoria Clare writes There's 'boinging frog' which is a frog that has got inside the central heating system but miraculously is still alive. And 'Aaaagh frog', which is a frog that you thought was dead, then shot straight up and hit you on the nose when you tried to pick it up. Plus of course the well-known 'soapy frog' which is like an 'Aaagh frog' but went off at an angle when you thought you had your hands round it. There's also frog bouncing ... http://www.cherryjam.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cats/frog.htm -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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froglets sticking on the paving
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from Serena Blanchflower contains these words: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:10:29 +0100, Victoria Clare wrote: When does a tadpole with legs become a frog with a tail? I've always considered that there's an intermediate stage of frogpole to cover the stage when they have both legs and a tail. Ah, tadpogs... As a child, I used to consider mine had become frogs when their bodies stopped being round blobs and got that squared off, angular shape..even if they still have a bit of tail. Janet. |
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froglets sticking on the paving
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:21:42 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from Serena Blanchflower contains these words: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:10:29 +0100, Victoria Clare wrote: When does a tadpole with legs become a frog with a tail? I've always considered that there's an intermediate stage of frogpole to cover the stage when they have both legs and a tail. Ah, tadpogs... As a child, I used to consider mine had become frogs when their bodies stopped being round blobs and got that squared off, angular shape..even if they still have a bit of tail. and when they turned into handsome princes when you kissed them? -- martin |
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froglets sticking on the paving
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:25:17 +0100, "dave @ stejonda"
wrote: In message , H writes numerous desiccated froglets on the paving around our (1st year) pond. You could encourage some algae to grow on the paving and therefore it wouldn't be such a froglet-magnet? Brush some yoghurt onto the slabs and wait a few days.... ah, that's a good idea - wonder which flavour they'd like ;-) and Bob, thanks - I'll be out hosing down the paving at sunset tonight and making sure the newly installed towels are well damped Good luck - but should we have little froglets by now? Ours are still tadpoles (some of them pretty big, but still definitely tadpole stage). -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Remove the LIZARD to email reply |
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Mike wrote:
OnTue, 17 Jun 2003 22:25:44 GMT, (Sally Thompson) perspired gently and wrote: snipped. Good luck - but should we have little froglets by now? Ours are still tadpoles (some of them pretty big, but still definitely tadpole stage). -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Remove the LIZARD to email reply Here in N. Yorkshire we have spotted a couple of tadpoles in our pond with newly formed legs .............. obviously not a record ;-) There are four adults in the pond and loads of tadpoles. Can't imagine what it will be like even if only half of them survive! Anyone know what the survival rate is? Survival rate to maturity is very low - maybe 1%, but that's a blessing, otherwise we would be chin deep in frogs. -- ned |
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froglets sticking on the paving
Survival rate to maturity is very low - maybe 1%, but that's a blessing, otherwise we would be chin deep in frogs. -- ned The water boatmen in my pond have been depleting the tadpoles too. I saw 3 water boatmen simultaneously attack and drag down a little froglet that had just jumped back into the water after being disturbed |
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froglets sticking on the paving
"Pickle" wrote in message ... Survival rate to maturity is very low - maybe 1%, but that's a blessing, otherwise we would be chin deep in frogs. The water boatmen in my pond have been depleting the tadpoles too. I saw 3 water boatmen simultaneously attack and drag down a little froglet that had just jumped back into the water after being disturbed When my son went to Primary school, I used to lend them frog spawn so they could watch it turn into tadpoles and develop legs. When they were returned, at the end of term, I put them back in the pond. I was horrified to see Dragonfly larvae shoot out what like arms with boxing gloves on, and rip these tadpoles to pieces. It must be a very small percentage reach maturity. After about 15 years we had about 15 pairs + some hopeful young males. They are starting to build up numbers after a heron visited the pond, a few years ago. We now have about 10 pairs. -- Regards, Alan. Preserve wildlife - Pickle a SQUIRREL to reply. |
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