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I wanted to show her what I learned: that we are never alone among the tadpoles, silt and stones, that we belong to nature too.

Southern Darwin's frog tadpoles grow up inside the vocal sacs of their fathers and are 'born' through their mouths as froglets.

In another tank, tadpoles are swirling around using simple swimming motions.

Within four to twelve weeks after hatching, these little tadpoles begin their transformation into toads, with only about 1% making it to adulthood.

At another point, McNeish stopped at a dry depression and poked her yardstick into tangled aquatic plants, finding dead tadpoles.