 Frogs
are a member of the amphibian group. They lay their eggs in the water,
and the eggs hatch into tadpoles.
A tadpole is the larval stage, and will eventually change into what we
know as frogs. Tadpoles breathe with gills, lack nostrils, and have eyes
on the sides of their head. They eat algae.
 Once
the tadpole's legs begin to develop, nostrils appear, and they begin to
develop lungs for breathing to replace the gills. Jaws form, their eyes
elevate to the top of the head, and the tail shortens and disappears.
 Once
the frog fully develops it lives on a diet of insects that it captures
with its long sticky tongue. Bullfrogs,
which are quite large, can eat most anything that it can handle like crayfish,
small frogs, birds, snakes, and even small mammals.
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