My lovely sister bought “Middle Child” tadpoles when she was little.  It started out as a really cool experience.  We watched these little guys grow into  frogs, it was amazing!  The lifespan (according to the company) was about 2 years.  They don’t reproduce because they are ‘engineered not too’.  So we were safe there!  And they don’t get any bigger than a half dollar coin. 

Seven years later and two spawnings (what are tadpole ‘litters’ called anyhow?) both of them (now the size of a dollar BILL ) finally passed away.  From these two frogs came about 100 more tadpoles…but most were eaten by the parents.  (ewe!)

My sister now has a little baby of her own and I look forward to returning the favor of educating her child with tadpoles.  I hope that same place is still in business!

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