Awww. Take a look at the nice photography of adorable little frog embryos. The rest of the site also has some lovely photos of Australian fauna…I’d like to know what kind of camera/lens was used for those close-ups of frog embryos.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Hmmm – I might have a go at the Rana temporaria in my greenhouse, or the Newts, when they come back next spring.
Wow, is that ever cool. That is just screaming out for a nice bit of timelapse video, although I fear that would loose the astounding clarity.
OTOH – digital SLRs these days could most likely be rigged to do timelapse…
It’s a shame kids today (hey I’m not that old – but read on) don’t get to see this stuff.
When I was young back in the 60’s we used to net the “taddies” from the ponds around where I used to live. We’d then take them back home and let them spawn in buckets and 20 litre drums in the backyard. A few weeks later – frogs everywhere.
Unfortunately, my kids (who’d love this stuff) can’t experience it because the ponds are drained and amphibians are no longer as common.
Ironically I was looking for pictures of Toad eggs just this morning.
Frogs are amazing!
See a frozen frog awaken from no heartbeat.
Ribbit! :-D
Glad to see everyone’s enjoying the photos! Thanks for the link PZ, I knew you’d be a sucker for embryos (-:
I’ve added a post on my set-up: http://davidavid.blogspot.com/2006/09/photography-info.html
For anyone interested, I’ve added a post with a photo of a stage from today