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Subject:
frogs laying eggs
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: maurasmith-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
01 Oct 2005 18:01 PDT
Expires: 31 Oct 2005 17:01 PST Question ID: 575176 |
Why do frogs lay their eggs in water? |
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Re: frogs laying eggs
From: raztaj-ga on 01 Oct 2005 19:57 PDT |
From Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogs#Life_cycle) A female would wish to avoid arriving at a pond which did not have any males in attendance... (the male frog) fertilizes them with a fluid containing sperm. The eggs are about 2.0 to 2.8 millimetres in diameter and are dark brown and are covered in an outer shell of gelatinous transparent material which swells in contact with water. The female frog lays her eggs in a shallow pond or creek, where they will be sheltered from the current and from predators. |
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Re: frogs laying eggs
From: myoarin-ga on 02 Oct 2005 05:00 PDT |
WHen the eggs hatch, the tadpoles (AKA pollywogs) are purely aquatic, they must be born in water. |
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Re: frogs laying eggs
From: elids-ga on 02 Oct 2005 08:27 PDT |
Ok this is silly and has nothing to do with the question at hand, but one has to wonder.... although siring offspring is not on the minds of most males there is no doubt as to the motivation for the male of most species to have sex and reproduce. What is the motivation for male animals like these frogs that simply deposit their sperm after the eggs were laid? To do what they do the female is not needed, what compels them to follow the females, as supposed to laying their sperm willy nilly all over creation? |
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Re: frogs laying eggs
From: insolent-ga on 03 Oct 2005 16:55 PDT |
Some species of frogs lay their eggs out of the water on a leaf overlooking the water. Then when the tadpoles hatch, they plop into the water and swim away. |
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