Science Sunday: Tadpole

It seems we have a new science experiment going (or a new pet, take your pick).  My oldest son came home from his fiance's house saying he had a new science experiment for the girls.  They had found some tadpoles in the "crik," translated "creek," and he claimed one for himself.  So today he got the old aquarium out of the basement, cleaned it up and transported some water from the nearby river.  Fortunately we didn't need to fill the aquarium.  I guess it is also fortunate that the river is right past our neighbor's house.

sorry, not the greatest pictures

I do love the internet.  I found a couple of neat sites with information regarding care and feeding of tadpoles.  All About Frogs (dot) org has a page dealing with tadpoles.  As does Nature Gift Store.  In fact, if you don't have a creek by you they also sell the tadpoles and food.

So far, we discovered that we don't need to buy food, because tadpoles eat....

lettuce!

It needs to be boiled for 10-15 minutes and chopped up.  Then it can be frozen.  Unfortunately our's turned into a frozen chunk.

  So I am hoping thawing it and separating it better, then putting it in the zippy bag will help.

We believe we have a bullfrog,  we'll have to wait and see.  I can say I am not looking forward to the adult stage, when lettuce will no longer be on the menu.  I read that bullfrogs will eat other animals if they can fit in their mouth, like snakes, lizards and even other frogs (found that info here). Bugs are going to be bad enough. At least Steven is claiming it as his tadpole.  Hehehe.

Linking this post to Science Sunday.  Head on over to Adventures in Mommydom to see what other neat things are being learned.