Lucky's Pond: The Change Begins

(If you want to know about Lucky, please visit this picture and read the story! :) My Friend Lucky

I'd like to start of by saying that is is probably one of my all-time favorite pictures! I am a hopeless sucker for anything cute, and I adore frogs. What could be more adorable than this?!! Here is a tadpole that's turning into a frog and pushing itself up out of the water as it learns to breathe air and hold its body up! It's so tiny that most of its body isn't breaking the resistance of the water, which is forming a clear film "skirt" around it. And it still has a round tadpole face with such a funny expression! There's even a reflection. This picture makes me happy! :)

Tadpoles begin growing their hind legs first, and then their front legs begin to bulge where their gill pouches are. At the same time, the gills are being replaced by lungs; as the gills disappear, the arms pop out, elbows first! (I will be giving tidbits of information about the metamophosis of tadpole to frog with each picture, so stay tuned for the next part tomorrow!)