Tadpoles have decided not to turn into frogs because of this year’s bad weather.
The young amphibians usually begin their transition into frogs in the UK during April and May, but they have been seen still swimming in Cumbria.
Jodie Mills, from the West Cumbria Rivers Trust, said tadpoles had been spotted in a river in the Walkmill Community Woodland, near Moresby Parks.
She said the animals decided early in the year whether they would stay as tadpoles or “metamorphosise into tiny baby frogs”, depending on whether conditions were right.
Now I’m not doing it
“Weather’s kinda shit… think I’ll just stay an infant for a while longer.”
JK Rowling crying tears of happiness at yet another transition not taking place in the UK.
I’m not sure what I’m looking at here. But I choose to believe it’s a photo of a baked potato with tadpoles crawling over it.
A rock with tadpoles
