Tadpole Travels

Last Friday we made TANK BROMELIADS for our rainforest. These are amazing plants that do a very special job in the rainforest. As you can guess from the TANK part of the name, they hold water. They are the ideal place for small creatures that need water. Especially tadpoles. And that's why frogs often go up to the CANOPY level.


Check out this short (and silent) video clip that shows just how a tadpole finds itself a long, long way up a tree!



After the tadpole has emerged from the egg it stays alive in the very wet leaves on the forest floor but it won't live very long down there. The frog (Briah) hops down to the forest floor where it laid the eggs and lets the tadpole wriggle onto it's back. Kerrianne is here to help our tadpole wriggle!!

The frog then hops up the tree and lets the tadpole wriggle into the tiny pool of water in the bromeliad.

(The bromeliad is demonstrated by Libby, Aden, Rebecca, Mina, Dylan and Kaylee all showing the curved leaves and Luke holding the bucket)