It goes through five processes: growing two back legs - shortening the tail - growing two front legs - disappearing the tail - turning into a frog.

1. Early growth stage: Tadpoles will not eat anything within 3 days after hatching. They mainly rely on the nutrients brought from the yolk to maintain life. Feeding them too early can easily lead to their death. After 3 days, the activity of tadpoles will increase, and they will start to forage when their two gill covers are fully formed. They can be fed regularly at the standard of one egg yolk for every 10,000 tadpoles, and some natural plankton can be added appropriately.

2. Early growth period: 10 days after the tadpoles hatch, their food intake will increase, their growth and development will accelerate, and they will begin to look for new food. However, its digestive function is still relatively weak, and the quality of feeding at this time will directly affect the survival rate of tadpoles. Therefore, feeding must be supplemented with feed to meet their growth and development needs, mainly nutritious paste feed.

3. Mid-growth period: The digestive function of tadpoles will get better and better at this time. In order to develop the tadpole’s digestive tract, tadpoles after 20 days of age should be fed with plants in addition to paste bait. Sexual feed and algae plants.

4. Late growth period: This period is an important period for the tadpole to transform into a young frog. At this stage, the tadpole will grow its hind limbs and forelimbs, and transform from aquatic to amphibious. At about 50 days old, the body length of the tadpole will reach more than 4cm, and the hind limbs will grow. About 2 weeks after the hind limbs grow, the forelimbs will begin to grow. After the forelimbs grow, the tail will be absorbed. At this time, the tadpole will stop foraging and enter the metamorphosis stage.

Extended information:

Rice fields are an ideal place for frogs to breed. Paddy fields that are well maintained in spring are the best places for frogs to mate and lay eggs. They are also a place where tadpoles can grow smoothly and have fewer natural enemies. As the rice plants grow day by day, they attract many insects to eat the rice leaves. For the frogs, it is a ready-made food for them. Frogs prey on these insects, ensuring the normal growth of rice until the grains mature. Frogs and rice form a mutually beneficial niche in the specific environment of the rice field.