Pollywogs

My Dad used to take my brother and I to a local pond to watch pollywogs. One time we brought a pickle jar with us with the intention of catching a few. Dad submerged the jar in the water and told us we would come back after a while to see how many we caught, but I was so excited I persuaded him I was happy with the few we had. The water was murky, but the wiggly tadpoles were clearly flitting about. We brought them home and put them into an aquarium hoping to watch their legs and arms sprout and their growing frog-bodies absorb their tails.

Alas, pollywogs in tap water quickly die!

A super-cute video by the Bare Naked Ladies is quite fitting for this post, I think! Enjoy, my loves.