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Category: Development • Organisms
Posted on: September 25, 2006 10:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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.
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Posted by: G. Tingey | September 25, 2006 10:33 AM
Hmmm - I might have a go at the Rana temporaria in my greenhouse, or the Newts, when they come back next spring.
Posted by: ColinB | September 25, 2006 10:34 AM
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...
Posted by: James | September 25, 2006 10:47 AM
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.
Posted by: Toni Riga | September 25, 2006 1:00 PM
Ironically I was looking for pictures of Toad eggs just this morning.
Posted by: Steve_C | September 25, 2006 1:42 PM
Frogs are amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2-3Howprc
See a frozen frog awaken from no heartbeat.
Posted by: SEF | September 25, 2006 6:15 PM
Ribbit! :-D
Posted by: David Nelson | September 26, 2006 12:47 AM
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
Posted by: David Nelson | September 26, 2006 2:36 AM
For anyone interested, I've added a post with a photo of a stage from today