Tadpoles
Tuesday afternoon Peter told me to go look at the pond outside. When I went out I saw some weird pond-scum looking stuff and figured it was time for a good cleaning. Peter came out and said that he thought they were tadpole eggs. This made more sense since we had seen a significant increase in frogs in pond lately. We kind of looked them over and talked about how the fish would be happy to eat them and then went inside. I didn't take this first picture, though I had planned on taking one later. I didn't realize they hatched so quickly and I missed my opportunity. This first shot is one I found online but it looks just like what we saw in our pond. When I got home from work yesterday
I didn't see the "scum" anymore and assumed the fish had a full belly but Peter told me to look under the water up next to the sides. I thought I was still looking for eggs when I started to notice all the tiny tadpoles clingling to the edges. I tried to get a couple good shots but it was a little difficult focusing through the water without my polarizing lense (which I was just too lazy to get out). Today when I 
got home from work it seemed the tadpoles had not only grown in size but in quantity also, there must be hundreds if not thousands in there. I don't know if gold fish eat tadpoles but if they do ours must be in heaven. Don't worry though, there are too many for one fish to eat.
posted by We are the Taylors @ 3:35 PM
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