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ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby blacknstormy on Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:02 am

Ok - stop and look closely at this image ... can you see the hands under the skin near the middle of the body ????? The frog is possessed !!!!!

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all right, not possessed, but I bet you didn't know that frogs develop their back legs first, and the front legs actually develop within the body cavity - you can see them pressing up against the skin on the underside of the tadpole. The front legs then 'pop out' of the body a between a day and a few days (depending on species) before the tadpole comes out on land as a metamorph. Once they have emerged, they will sit for a little (ie a day or 2) while while they absorb their tail, and then hop off to wherever they are supposed to be :) Always amazes me that their guts don't spill out with the legs :shock:

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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby Bluebell on Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:16 am

That is an amazing picture, thanks for sharing it.
I think frogs are one of the most incredible creatures on Earth, and this picture proves it.
Even more amazing to me than how the legs grow is how the mouth parts change
to enable a vegetarian tadpole to become a carnivorous frog! :D
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby Pa on Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:27 am

it's a bit thin skinned...i don't think it will handle the c&c here.

nice image rel....and thanks for the info
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby gstark on Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:02 am

Bluebell wrote:That is an amazing picture, thanks for sharing it.


Amazing is right.

Remarkable, even, Rel.

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And even dinner, perhaps? :)
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Postby Oneputt on Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:02 am

I think that you must be having a second childhood Rel. I haven't played with tadpoles since I was in primary school :) Interesting image.
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Postby Travy on Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:40 am

awesome shot, very interesting.

Well done and thanks for sharing :)
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Postby Aszental on Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:42 am

Oh wow thats freaky... whats the lines on the front of the cover?
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Postby ATJ on Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:43 am

Brilliant shot, Rel. What species of frog is it from?
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:15 am

Awesome photo Rel. One of the things I love about your posts isn't just the great images we get to see, but the detailed explanations that go with them to enrich our understanding of the amazing natural world around us.
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Postby zafra52 on Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:21 pm

Remarkable image! This photo is an education in froglogy! :wink:
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby Raskill on Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:38 pm

WOAH! Great shot. I never knew they grew their legs inside like that.

Not much to say about the image that hasnt been said, it's a cracker.

Just one question.....

How did you get UNDER it? :shock:
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby gstark on Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:44 pm

Allan,

Raskill wrote:How did you get UNDER it? :shock:


Are you sure you want to know this? :)
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby colin_12 on Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:14 pm

Well at least we are on earth and people can hear us scream :mrgreen:

Nice pic Rel
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby blacknstormy on Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:49 pm

Thank you everyone ;) LOL

It is the tadpole of the graceful or dainty tree frog, Litoria gracilenta :) - distinguished by the oral disk - the lines on the mouth.

Aszental wrote:whats the lines on the front of the cover?
- Aszental, are you referring to the mouth ???? Or the lines on the belly- you can see the intestine, gut, lungs developing etc ....

We are actually getting the images together for a small publication - part of a grant application we did, so we need photos of tadpoles. I have a very small aquarium (15cmx15cm) where I put the taddies that we need shots of. If you wait for a while, they start doing their thing, and will often come up the side of the tank with their belly facing outward - that is when this shot was taken :) They are then returned to the pond they came from :) I promise, no taddies were harmed in the making of this photo :) :) :)

Thanks again - sorry if you are all sick to death of frogs btw :)

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Postby Big Red on Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:21 pm

frogs make great subjects so i'm certainly not getting sick of your great pics Rel ! 8)
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby ChrisB on Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:47 pm

WOW! That is such an amazing photo.

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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby SteveGriffin on Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:50 pm

Freaky Rel,
since the rain we have heaps of Graceful Treefrogs around and others....

Lucy is in heaven at the moment. I will show her your image in the morning. It is a cracker!

I for one don't want to know how you got under it :shock:
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby blacknstormy on Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:04 am

Shane, Chris & Steve - thank you :)
Was lucky to be in the right place at the right time again :) :)
Steve - hugs to Lucy, hope you've been out frogging boyo !!!! ;)
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Postby BT*ist on Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:03 pm

Incredible shot!! Oh, and congrats on the POTW: massively deserved :D
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Postby Viz on Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:28 pm

Fantastic stuff, and very interesting.
Congrats Rel
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby Killakoala on Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:11 am

Fantastic photo.
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Re: ALIEN !!!!!!

Postby PiroStitch on Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:00 pm

Great work Rel! Didn't see this the first time around, but congrats on the POTW as well.
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