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Tadpoles in a Puddle

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  • 11-05-2010 9:51pm
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    BargainHunter
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    Yesterday I saw thousands of tadpoles in a puddle on a gravel road in a forest. See the attached pictures. It doesnt look like its a large enough piece of water for them to develope in. Im worried they wont survive where they are, but Im not an expert on these matters. Should I move them to a nearby stream or pond, or should I leave them as they are?
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    murrayp4
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    It would be a miracle for them to survive if left there....


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    Judgement Day
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    It doesn't look very good right enough - I wonder if there was more water and with the dry spell it has evaporated/leaked away. I would say by the time you go back they will be bleedin demised like John Cleese's parrot.


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    johngalway
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    I've seen a lot of that out and about up here. Large potholes filled with water in old roads/track and plenty of 'poles in them.


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    doctor evil
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    If they don't survive they will become food for another.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    This is a regular occurance. It happens every year. They won't be viable but there's no need to do anything. This is Nature. There will be plenty more elsewhere that will survive. As Doctor Evil says they will feed something else.


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    If anyone had any ideas, it is illegal to take frog spawn from the wild in Ireland without a permit from the wildlife service department.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    If anyone had any ideas, it is illegal to take frog spawn from the wild in Ireland without a permit from the wildlife service department.

    Just to be clear on this. The question related to Frog Spawn in a puddle (a regular event) that would not be viable. The legislation (which does allow schools to collect Frog Spawn) is a conservation measure and IF it were worth taking frog spawn from a puddle it would only be for conservation purposes. The legislation is Europe wide, by the way, as the population losses are actually across Europe while Ireland has no such problems.


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    Mothman
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    A bunch of tadpoles in a puddle is not frog spawn, so does the legislation cover tadpoles?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I don't have the wording to hand, as I'm sitting beside a marsh right now, but the legislation refers to Frogs and covers all stages of their lifecycle.


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    Graces7
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    Move them to kinder surroundings... Please....


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    Move them to kinder surroundings... Please....

    No. As already stated, there is no need. Leave Nature alone for goodness sake!


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