Post #14801

Some sources say that the female takes care of the children, because male frogs are traditionally polygamous and did not care about the offspring. In others - that the male, because he is territorial, and in general is larger than the female, which means he has to pull the burden. But when the tadpoles hatch, all this becomes unimportant; then they are on their own. In a pond, they begin to vacuum up all the greenery and local crustaceans until they grow to 4.5 centimeters in length, which takes about 3 months. And then the babies will turn into young goliaths and will gain weight, preparing for the new breeding season! Goliaths live up to 15 years and continue to grow throughout their lives - this is called indeterminate growth. The longer an individual lives, the larger it becomes. But now rare goliaths live to large sizes due to capture. There are still no serious programs to protect frogs. The authorities and animal protection organizations need to somehow convince the locals to abandon goliaths as a source of food... Author: Yaroslav Ilyin 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot