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Title: Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Damon, William Emerson, 1838-
Subjects: Marine animals Aquariums
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Speckled Trout (Salmo fontinalis). 210 THE OCEAN. The tadpole, though not belonging to the finny tribe,may as well be mentioned here. He must by no means beomitted from our collection, for he is one of the funnylittle creatures. With his big, fat, lazy head, and smart littletail, he goes about the tank, apparently so happy, not mind-ing confinement in the least, until he is gradually transformedinto a frog, when he becomes a more serious member of the
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Eight Stages of the Development of the Tadpole, from the recently hatched (1)to the adult form (8). family, and might better be dismissed. But the change itselfis very interesting to watch. In his transformations his lastlegs appear first, and his first or fore legs last. But whatabout that lively tail ? Well, its wiggle-waggle has becomegradually fainter, and moves in more sober mood than in hisgreener days; more surprising still, it appears to be van- MARINE AND FRESH-WATER AQUARIA. 211 ishing! Where it goes to it is hard to see, but finally itdisappears—actually all absorbed into the body, which is nolonger tadpole, but plain frog! Poor tad used to be of

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