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Frog (and Tadpole)

Something is dying…

What is it…

Do you know?

Answer: Cells! Tail cells that is!

Our tadpole (the one with front legs) is almost a full grown frog!

P.S.  Since he still has a tail stub, I think he is considered a froglet now.

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Soon we will have to let him go, because a frog needs to find its fortune 🙂  If we keep him here, he may die.  We might not be able to find him enough flies.

It was fun raising him.  I will enjoy watching the other one for awhile.  I hope to raise more later!

Guess what!

About a week ago……..

We got the most

Cuddly, cute, nice, furry, and pretty pets…

Can you guess what they are?

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Tadpoles!!!!!

We are raising them for Science.  The friend who gave them to us said they are either bullfrogs or green frogs.  When we got them the big one had back legs, but no front legs.   The little one still does not have legs.

His tail will start to shrink and then he will need a rock to sit on. Then he will go out and seek his fortune!

P.S. Do frogs have fortunes?

Tiger salamander

Adrian salamanderYesterday Megan had a class. It was about salamanders! I helped the little kids hold the tiger salamander. There was one a mix of Blue Spotted and Jefferson Salamander too! I had fun with the Tiger salamander, he is my favorite.Adrian

The Dinosaur Museum

It was a sunny day. I was on my way to the dinosaur museum. The tickets were free because it just opened.

As I was walking down CR 9 with my hands in my pockets, dark clouds piled in. I noticed a drop of rain and looked up, it was a downpour! I tried to run. Suddenly, I slipped in some mud and fell face down. I heard a rumble in the distance and got up and started to run as fast as I could go toward the museum.

I turned right on to Old US 11. The rain poured so hard it slowed me down. I was soaking when I got to the museum.

I gave the ticket man my ticket. I questioned him, “how strong are the holders?”

The ticket man said, “Don’t be afraid Sonny. Our Dino holders are so strong that they will hold the Dino bones.”

I went to the first section. It was crowded. My favorite dinosaur was the stegosaurus.

I moved on. I was looking at the T-Rex, when suddenly I noticed the behemoths skeleton fall! The steel holders held the skeleton but not to the floor! All the skeletons fell like dominoes!

I jumped back just in time as a T-Rex crashed into the wall. On the other side of the wall was the flying reptile display. The crash was so hard that all the displays swung off the strings so they looked like they were flying. The bones fell and hit souvenirs.

Very soon the air was crowded with flying bones and displays and screams and I saw people running. A bone smashed into some brick and the bone broke in a million pieces.

Then the bricks flew into another wall. The flying and falling settled down. Soon the screams and people running stopped.

I was stuck in the corner, surrounded by the flying reptile display. I could not get out!

The museum guards started cleaning up the mess. The guards saw me. They started to dig me out.

When I get home, I tell my Mom. She said, “Your teasing me!”

It was a interesting day.

P.S. I never found out what made all the skeletons fall.

Biology Question Answer

I asked you what is a Large Blue (Maculinea arion) caterpillars favorite tea?

The answer is instANT tea!  Daddy said that it was ANTie.

The Large Blue caterpillar starts his (or her) life cycle by hatching from its egg. Then the caterpillar eats the plant he (or she) hatched on for 2-3 weeks. Then the caterpillar falls off of the plant and waits for a red ant to come.  He gives off a special liquid which is sweet and the ant likes it. So the ant carries the caterpillar to it’s nest.

While the ants eat the sweet liquid, the caterpillar eats the baby ants. After awhile the caterpillar makes it’s chrysalis in the ant hole. Then later it emerges and crawls through all the little tunnels and goes outside and flies away.