Adorable Tadpoles Become Hungry Murder Machines When Dad Goes Away
Splash-back poison frogs (Ranitomeya variabilis) are generally devoted parents, with the amphibian dads taking on the bulk of the childcare responsibilities. But when the frog fathers skip out on their young, it’s every tadpole for themselves, and that means a horrifying cannibalistic melee from which only one young frog emerges. Like many poison frog species,…
Biology
Christie Wilcox
