First, tadpoles grow back legs, then front ones. Skin grows over the gills they use to breathe underwater. Their tails shrink ...
Soon they'll be tiny black tadpoles swimming in the water, breathing through gills on each side of the head. They're still growing and changing. Back legs grow first, then front legs. No need for ...
"The tail disappears, but not before tadpoles grow legs," he said. "Their lungs get better. Their face is completely remodeled. They develop stereoscopic vision. About 90% of their digestive ...