Tadpole Predicament

How does a little tadpole survive? By escaping hungry snakes, fish and nasty-looking insects.

Here in the south American rainforest, you’re watching what should be a joyous event ----- A laying of hundreds of eggs by a mother frog. In truth, only a very few of these eggs will ___1___ into a whole frog then. ___2___will take it off and predators will ___3___these babies at every step of their development. Some clever mums lay their eggs in trees, foiling their predators below. Take a look at some ___4___ of a frog taking the journey from egg to tadpole.

Here, captured on film is the miracle of life. When the tadpoles outgrow the___5___, they have to find another source of water fast. Of course, mum took care of everything. She laid her eggs above a___6___. Suddenly, there are no longer big tadpoles in a self-contain micro pond. Now, they are tiny tadpoles in a huge body of water, where their bodies and legs developed quickly. Predators ___7___everywhere, like this water bug for instance, it’s a simple, deadly transaction. It shoots its ___8___ in then sucks the life out. The survivors like this one, will soon lose their tadpole tails and be able to scramble up on land. But they’ll continue to live in the water, where they first ___9___ the world and began their ___10___.

1. Blossom
2. Drought
3. menace
4. super close-up microcamera footage
5. birth chamber
6. jungle pool
7. lurk
8. venom
9. high dived into
10. astonishing adventure