Tadpoles Hatch, Take Piggyback Ride with Dad (VIDEO)

University of Kansas

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The male smooth guardian frog of Borneo looks after a clutch of eggs. As tadpoles hatch, they climb atop their father for a piggyback ride as the father searches for a pool of water where they can develop into frogs.

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Johana Goyes Vallejos

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