A few cool pictures / stories attached.

[infernalis]

All I know, is that bullfrog tadpoles are huge.

According to the wikipedia article, their metamorphosis takes 12-24 months.

It's true.

November 26 and there are still tadpoles in a standing pool out back.

I just got one for scenting purposes with a net.

They must go down into the mud over the winter. I'm not sure how they survive freezing, the water pool is too shallow to not freeze solid.

[Mommy2many]

It's true.

November 26 and there are still tadpoles in a standing pool out back.

I just got one for scenting purposes with a net.

They must go down into the mud over the winter. I'm not sure how they survive freezing, the water pool is too shallow to not freeze solid.

We had the same thing the two years before that! Tadpoles in November! In the kids pool outside. They just never grew. In fact, we had emptied the pool and brought them all inside in the hopes of at least getting them to the frog stage. We had luck with that part but they would die soon afterwards.

[ConcinusMan]

They must go down into the mud over the winter. I'm not sure how they survive freezing, the water pool is too shallow to not freeze solid.

You pretty much have it right. They survive the same way turtles and the adult frogs do. Somewhere down there, deep in the mud, it does not freeze solid. Decaying organic matter produces heat. Go deep enough into the mud and it stays above freezing even if all the water is frozen solid. Just like turtles, their need for oxygen is essentially zero at those cold temperatures, and any minute oxygen needs for frogs/tadpoles can be taken care of by absorbing oxygen through their skin and turtles metabolism essentially stops and they just don't need oxygen. Same way a would be drowning victim survives longer without brain damage if the water is extremely cold. Bullfrogs (and other amphibians) have a sort of "antifreeze" in their blood that prevents their fluids from forming ice crystals which would expand and burst cells. In other words, they can survive being frozen solid and being essentially clinically dead. No respiration or heartbeat.

[crzy_kevo]

carmella's tail looks like georges tail it all healed up so she must of had something happen to it b4 i found her (frost bite, incomplete shed?)
never know right
oh and love that light way cool

[infernalis]

Thanks kevin..

Hey last night Carmella took a mouse from my hand

Frostbite, bad sheds, and predator attacks can all nip off tails.

[crzy_kevo]

well those were the 3 i narrowed it down too because also my GF's brothers cat tiger(huge effing cat like 15 lbs) anyways i figured could have been attacked by that cat or the other 2 could have happened you can see that as well on her the bone did used to be showing but she healed up good

[GartersRock]

Super cute!!!

[Garter_Gertie]

Chomper cracks me up!

[infernalis]

He's Dorothy's goofy little dinosaur

Some day I want to build a little harness to lower the mouse slowly into his cage, just like the scene in Jurassic park when they feed the raptors.

Film it and put it on youtube like a spoof film

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol cute pics wayne!!!! i'd love to watch that video!!!!!