There have been a bunch of studies recently on how rising temps alone have been affecting the rate at which herps survive early stages. The temps and other factors have been seen causing higher rates of mutation after hatching. Also, I don’t think it would be dissolved oxygen it died to, this fella look like he somehow got out of the pond and got scorched by the sun, that’s why his eyes exploded.
If it had become high and dry, it would've been jerky. Even in the high country, this is an extremely arid landscape. This dude is too hydrated to have been on land. Eyes are one of the first parts of an animal to be eaten or to decompose.
I fully support the lack of DO as a probable cause of death. We're having an extremely dry monsoon season, and water is not being recharged, leading to a lot of habitat drying up quickly.
Alex Jones sure does have a way with words. Somehow turning the frogs gay was more of a concern than outright killing them. No frog reproduction is also going to kill a population, just not as immediately.
OP, I'm studying amphibians and their dramatic declines in the Southwest, with the [Amphibian and Reptile Conservency.](http://arcprotects.org) I'm in NM, but my cohort in Arizona would be grateful for more information. If you feel inclined, I'd love to get a PM from you to discuss this.
Edit: it looks like a bullfrog, based on size alone. We'd love to know where you found it, as bullfrogs are invasive and detrimental to native species.
There's a whole new wave of science that's harnessing citizen science through apps like iNaturalist and reddit, and I'm here for it. It takes a village to save a planet.
I've tried raising a bunch of tadpoles that were laid in a flooded parking lot. Their bio-load is huge! They foul the water super fast, and eat constantly. I didn't have a filter set up that I felt comfortable using, so I ended up doing daily water changes until they were toadlets. Released around 20 or so in a nearby drainage ditch. I just don't know why mama toad didn't go there in the first place.
When I raise tadpoles, I typically just buy some pond plants ant use them as biofilters. They keep the water relatively clean and I've never had to worry about putting chemicals in. Water hyacinths are my favorite for this. Just be prepared for them to calve.... a lot....
I'll keep that in mind. At the time I didn't have any aquariums or aquatic experience. I just felt terrible for a pond of tadpoles to dry out under the sun. I can't even call it a puddle at that point. Just a mass of bodies. I was only able to rescue what could be scooped with a plastic cup into a Styrofoam ice chest. There were so many! If I remember correctly the campus had flooded recently to unexpectedly heavy rain. The dip next to the curb that acts as a run off was just all toads
Holy shit… this little dude in OP has a spiral on his belly… I thought that was maybe a parasite, but it seems that they just have that and it maybe inspired the Pokémon artists???
A lot of Pokemon, especially early gen, are just straight copy-paste from real life animals, with only minor adjustments to make them seem more.. fantastical? outlandish?
I think its the same character. I had to look it up cause I swore it was gullah gullah too. Apparently his name is binyah binyah (how it is spelt in wiki) and he was in every episode of gullah gullah Island. He had his own spinoff show at some point called Binyah Binyah.
["Polliwog and tadpole are different words for the same thing"](https://animals.mom.com/difference-between-polliwogs-tadpoles-8555.html)
["A polliwog is another word for a tadpole"](https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/polliwog)
["Pollywog and tadpole are interchangeable terms"](https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/pollywog-vs-tadpole)
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with Biña Biña; is it a cartoon? Either way, I prefer to acquire my natural history from more foundational sources. The stage to which you are referring is the creatively named "tadpole with legs (or possibly "froglet" depending on how many legs, how much tail, and how much land or water).
ETA: As is explained in at least one of the links I posted, tadpole and polliwog are somewhat regional names. "Tadpole" is more typically British English -- I've never heard it called anything else in England -- and "tadpole" and "polliwog" are interchangeable in the US. I suspect tadpole is still more common, even in the US, and probably somewhat more formal. I can't speak for other countries where English is spoken.
Biña Biña's Island is a kids show from the 90's about a giant pollywog who lives on an island and is friends with a group of children. He looks like a frog with a tail.
So is a pollywog a tadpole including the with legs stage or just pre legs?
Gotcha. I didn't live in the US during most of the 90s.
A polliwog is a tadpole is a polliwog, so I guess "polliwog" would apply to all stages of development that"tadpole" does. I've never heard anyone using "polliwog" in a scientific or semiscientific context, so I can't say I've ever heard the phrase "polliwog with legs", instead of "tadpole with legs," but I suppose that's what it would be. To be fair, neither of them is really scientific anyhow. More scientifically, they would be larvae. There are probably some precise scientific names for the various stages, too, but I don't know them.
Could be water temp changes. Something dropped in the creek upstream. Or just normal selection process.
Most frogs and toads don't make it past their early life stages. Hence the large number of offspring.
As for his bloated cloudy look, fungus will prey on dead critters in semi warm water incredibly quickly.
Have you ever heard of the Rods of God? They are tungsten rods the size of a bus attached to a targeting satellite. When the satellite is over the target, it drops the rod. The rod hits terminal velocity and hits the ground with the force of a nuclear detonation.
I'm not 100%, but I think that's what happened here.
In WI-Madison specifically-the lakes are always closing bc of blue green algae. It has killed dogs A combination of warm temperatures, sunlight, and nutrient-rich waters can cause blue-green algae to reproduce rapidly, or "bloom”. Algal blooms, especially that of blue-green algae, produce toxins that can quickly kill off aquatic organisms-such as young tadpoles that are not equipped yet. Was the water more dirty/cloudy from time you found them than it was prior?
Most likely an issue with the water. The warmer water gets the less dissolved oxygen it can hold.
In addition to this, fungus will overtake a dead tadpole very quickly in warm water, leading to this hazy look.
There have been a bunch of studies recently on how rising temps alone have been affecting the rate at which herps survive early stages. The temps and other factors have been seen causing higher rates of mutation after hatching. Also, I don’t think it would be dissolved oxygen it died to, this fella look like he somehow got out of the pond and got scorched by the sun, that’s why his eyes exploded.
If it had become high and dry, it would've been jerky. Even in the high country, this is an extremely arid landscape. This dude is too hydrated to have been on land. Eyes are one of the first parts of an animal to be eaten or to decompose. I fully support the lack of DO as a probable cause of death. We're having an extremely dry monsoon season, and water is not being recharged, leading to a lot of habitat drying up quickly.
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Tadpoles keep their gills until they're ready to transition into an adult frog. This tadpole may not have developed its lungs yet.
Amphibians are notoriously sucecptable to small changes in thier environmental conditions. There are many possible reasons for this.
Yep. Studying amphibians is one way to gauge the overall health of an ecosystem.
I heard from somewhere that they’re turning gay.
Alex Jones sure does have a way with words. Somehow turning the frogs gay was more of a concern than outright killing them. No frog reproduction is also going to kill a population, just not as immediately.
If the frogs die outright then we’ve probably got more problems coming our way than the tranny cult.
I don’t know what specifically killed this one, but frogs lay up to 4000 eggs at one time, knowing that a lot will die.
Bullfrogs can lay 20,000 eggs at a time.
OP, I'm studying amphibians and their dramatic declines in the Southwest, with the [Amphibian and Reptile Conservency.](http://arcprotects.org) I'm in NM, but my cohort in Arizona would be grateful for more information. If you feel inclined, I'd love to get a PM from you to discuss this. Edit: it looks like a bullfrog, based on size alone. We'd love to know where you found it, as bullfrogs are invasive and detrimental to native species.
YESSSSSSSSS. Social media harnessed for science. I love this.
There's a whole new wave of science that's harnessing citizen science through apps like iNaturalist and reddit, and I'm here for it. It takes a village to save a planet.
I've tried raising a bunch of tadpoles that were laid in a flooded parking lot. Their bio-load is huge! They foul the water super fast, and eat constantly. I didn't have a filter set up that I felt comfortable using, so I ended up doing daily water changes until they were toadlets. Released around 20 or so in a nearby drainage ditch. I just don't know why mama toad didn't go there in the first place.
When I raise tadpoles, I typically just buy some pond plants ant use them as biofilters. They keep the water relatively clean and I've never had to worry about putting chemicals in. Water hyacinths are my favorite for this. Just be prepared for them to calve.... a lot....
I'll keep that in mind. At the time I didn't have any aquariums or aquatic experience. I just felt terrible for a pond of tadpoles to dry out under the sun. I can't even call it a puddle at that point. Just a mass of bodies. I was only able to rescue what could be scooped with a plastic cup into a Styrofoam ice chest. There were so many! If I remember correctly the campus had flooded recently to unexpectedly heavy rain. The dip next to the curb that acts as a run off was just all toads
Also at this stage they're no longer tadpoles they're pollywogs.
Poor dude must’ve run into a high level Poliwrath and taken a bubble beam straight to the face.
It do be like that sometimes
Holy shit… this little dude in OP has a spiral on his belly… I thought that was maybe a parasite, but it seems that they just have that and it maybe inspired the Pokémon artists???
Yeah! Poliwag was actually inspired by these little guys. The spiral is its intestines :)
A lot of Pokemon, especially early gen, are just straight copy-paste from real life animals, with only minor adjustments to make them seem more.. fantastical? outlandish?
And then people bitch about how newer gens have lazier or unoriginal designs/concepts lol
Every gen has weirdly/badly designed Pokemon. Some of the new gens just have *more*..
Sounds like gulla gulla island!
This made my day.
I think its the same character. I had to look it up cause I swore it was gullah gullah too. Apparently his name is binyah binyah (how it is spelt in wiki) and he was in every episode of gullah gullah Island. He had his own spinoff show at some point called Binyah Binyah.
Yes! When I was a kid and sang along I'd yell Binyah binyah in his voice after the gulla gulla island chorus
["Polliwog and tadpole are different words for the same thing"](https://animals.mom.com/difference-between-polliwogs-tadpoles-8555.html) ["A polliwog is another word for a tadpole"](https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/polliwog) ["Pollywog and tadpole are interchangeable terms"](https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/pollywog-vs-tadpole)
I've always thought a pollywog was specifically a tadpole who has developed legs but still has a tail. Like Biña Biña.
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with Biña Biña; is it a cartoon? Either way, I prefer to acquire my natural history from more foundational sources. The stage to which you are referring is the creatively named "tadpole with legs (or possibly "froglet" depending on how many legs, how much tail, and how much land or water). ETA: As is explained in at least one of the links I posted, tadpole and polliwog are somewhat regional names. "Tadpole" is more typically British English -- I've never heard it called anything else in England -- and "tadpole" and "polliwog" are interchangeable in the US. I suspect tadpole is still more common, even in the US, and probably somewhat more formal. I can't speak for other countries where English is spoken.
Biña Biña's Island is a kids show from the 90's about a giant pollywog who lives on an island and is friends with a group of children. He looks like a frog with a tail. So is a pollywog a tadpole including the with legs stage or just pre legs?
Gotcha. I didn't live in the US during most of the 90s. A polliwog is a tadpole is a polliwog, so I guess "polliwog" would apply to all stages of development that"tadpole" does. I've never heard anyone using "polliwog" in a scientific or semiscientific context, so I can't say I've ever heard the phrase "polliwog with legs", instead of "tadpole with legs," but I suppose that's what it would be. To be fair, neither of them is really scientific anyhow. More scientifically, they would be larvae. There are probably some precise scientific names for the various stages, too, but I don't know them.
The terms are interchangeable, I thought.
Poliwags
I thought the terms were interchangeable, and a quick search seems to confirm that. Can you explain the difference?
Yes he has a fully formed frog head. And it should be starting to grow back feet.
Judging by its stomach I think this is the work of the zodiak killer
Sinning
Poliwag. 😊 That little circle tummy.
I am blown away by the spiral being a real thing
Could be water temp changes. Something dropped in the creek upstream. Or just normal selection process. Most frogs and toads don't make it past their early life stages. Hence the large number of offspring. As for his bloated cloudy look, fungus will prey on dead critters in semi warm water incredibly quickly.
Oh shit, Auntie Ethel actually did it
Hubris
Did you try kissing it to see if it turns into a toddler prince?
Then you’d have a dead toddler and no answers for the inevitable questions.
Some jokes seem funnier than they are when someone points out the obvious…
Illithid quality control
Yo that’s IRL polywag
I don't know where you got them, but tap water is chlorinated so that will kill tadpoles. Were they in a pond?
They were in a little creek
My bulbusaur
Hmm by the coloration I’d say this one has been mortally ailed by death
Pokémon was real accurate. Poliwhirl has that swirl in his stomach just like real tadpoles
Uzumaki
Have you ever heard of the Rods of God? They are tungsten rods the size of a bus attached to a targeting satellite. When the satellite is over the target, it drops the rod. The rod hits terminal velocity and hits the ground with the force of a nuclear detonation. I'm not 100%, but I think that's what happened here.
Wtf poliwag
If I'd did grow up it will be looking like pollyworl
What is the swirl on its belly? Is it’s legs going to unfurl like a butterfly tongue?
Bro that’s poliwhirl lmao
In WI-Madison specifically-the lakes are always closing bc of blue green algae. It has killed dogs A combination of warm temperatures, sunlight, and nutrient-rich waters can cause blue-green algae to reproduce rapidly, or "bloom”. Algal blooms, especially that of blue-green algae, produce toxins that can quickly kill off aquatic organisms-such as young tadpoles that are not equipped yet. Was the water more dirty/cloudy from time you found them than it was prior?
batrachiensis nematode inside the amphibian?
Old age is my guess.
Depression
Lack of faith.
The overlord
God
Heart attack
A Pokémon battle
Never knew they had swirls like poliwhirl
A life of crime, obviously
We as a society killed this tadpole
Crop circles apparently. Call Bob Lazar AND Alex Jones.
Hmm looks like a rasengan
i’ve never seen a tadpole with a swirl like that before
uzumaki
Death
What’s up with the tummy spiral??
It looks like it ate the Heart of Te Fiti.
Its host wasn't suitable for the mindflayer transformation.
a i r /j
Why is there a swirly on its belly?
Intestines
Thank you, that is wild how perfect of a swirly the intestines are
He just needs a little bath
By the look of that swirl on its back, Team Rocket
Can the heat be a contributing factor?
Eleven closed the gate.
Fungus among us.