Frog Egg Project: Day 4

Today we noticed that the eggs have little dents in them, and we think we know what the dents are.

Toby thinks that the shell is fading away so the baby frogs can come out.

Kim thinks that certain insects in the water are eating the eggs for food. So, he thinks the dents are bite marks.

Kei thinks that the dent is where the head and tail are developing.

We looked on Wikipedia and found this picture:

Ours look like the picture on the top right.

Kei was right. "What a noob," says Kim.

"That's the problem with big brothers," says Mommy.

We found two more insects in the bucket that were eating the eggs. Toby drew this picture:

Toby says it's not his best work.

Then, when he was finished, we fished them out of the bucket and 'set them free' in the pond. Good luck, hungry critters.

If anyone knows what these things are, let us know! They disguise themselves as knobby sticks.