EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Eggs laid by frogs hatch into tadpoles. Tadpoles have gills which help them breathe underwater. As they grow into an adult frog, they will lose their gills and develop lungs.

Detailed explanation-2: -A young frog that can breathe water is a tadpole.

Detailed explanation-3: -The young frog that survives in water is called a tadpole. Tadpole is the immature frog or larva of frogs which persists for 1-3 months. Tadpole undergoes metamorphosis after 14 weeks to become a tiny frog. The tadpole of frogs is herbivorous.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tadpoles have gills, but they don’t usually provide enough oxygen for them to survive, so most tadpoles also have lungs and breathe air as a back-up. But during the earliest period of their lives, tadpoles are too small to break through the water’s surface to breathe.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most frogs and other amphibians hatch as fish-like larvae called tadpoles, or “pollywogs.” Tadpoles exist to eat and grow. They eventually transform into froglets, a process called metamorphosis. These soft globs of flesh provide tasty morsels for snakes, fish, birds, and even other frogs.