Poison Dart Frog Piggyback Rides
In Poison Dart Frog Piggyback Rides, learn how a male poison dart frog carefully nurtures his tadpoles. He rescues one of them from a dried-up pool and brings its mother to help feed it. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet, a series featuring remarkable animal behavior from all seven continents.
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Q: Why do the animal species have to create their own niche?
A: The environment is crowded, so, in order to survive, the animals need a special way of doing things.
Q: How does the father frog carry the tadpole to a better location with more water?
A: The father frog gives the tadpole a piggyback ride and places it in a larger pool of water.
Q: How is memory an important part of the frog parents’ job?
A: They may have up to five tadpoles, and they need to remember where each of them is.
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