Tadpole Nephew

The Bearded Toad now has his first tadpole of a nephew. Not surprisingly, he didn't want to come out of his warm, safe pond inside his mother. It took him 12 hours to swim his way out and was only successful with the help of the trusty plunger. That sounded really funny to begin with until I got a more graphic description of a similar birth from a friend. His little girl didn't want to come out either, so the Doc pulled out the plunger and started pulling. Just as the baby was getting its head through the plunger popped off, and she went shooting back inside. So he tried again, with pretty much the same result. The slimy little newbie just kept getting scared of what the world looked like. To help out the nurse hops up on top of mom and starts pushing on her belly...sort-of a toothpaste tube concept, except that the baby didn't come out nice and smooth like that. She shot out finally like a bar of soap shooting out of your hand. This story made the Self Evolved a little queasy.

To see some photos of my proud brother and sister-in-law and the tadpole that is making the whole family happy, go to ChaseLandon.blogspot.com. You'll see what 12 hours of work, pain, and the magic of biology can do for you.