. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Batrachian Study i8i III. BATRACHIAN STUDY. THE COMMON TOAD Teacher's Story "The toad hopped by its with jolting spri);—Akbrs. HOEVER has not had a pet toad has missed a most entertaining experience. Toad actions are surpris- ingly interesting; one of my safeguards against the blues is the the thoughtful way one of my pet toads rubbed and patted its stomach with its little hands after it had swallowed a June-bug. Toads do not make warts upon attacking hands, ne
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Batrachian Study i8i III. BATRACHIAN STUDY. THE COMMON TOAD Teacher's Story "The toad hopped by its with jolting spri);—Akbrs. HOEVER has not had a pet toad has missed a most entertaining experience. Toad actions are surpris- ingly interesting; one of my safeguards against the blues is the the thoughtful way one of my pet toads rubbed and patted its stomach with its little hands after it had swallowed a June-bug. Toads do not make warts upon attacking hands, neither do they rain down nor are they found in the bed-rock of quarries; but they do have a most interesting history of their own, which is not at all legendary, and which is very like a life with two in- carnations. The mother toad lays her eggs in May and June in ponds, or in the still pools, along streams; the eggs are laid in long strings of jellylike sub- stance, and are dropped upon the pond bottom or attached to water weeds; when first deposited, the jelly is transparent and the little black eggs can be plainly seen; but after a day or two, bits of dirt accumulate upon the jelly, obscuring the eggs. At first the eggs are spherical, like tiny black pills, but as they begin to develop, they elongate and finally the tadpoles may be seen wriggling in the jelly mass, which affords them efficient protection. After four or five days, the tadpoles usually work their way out and swim away; at this stage, the only way to detect the head, is by the direction of the tadpole's progress, since it naturally goes head first. However, the head soon becomes decidedly larger, although at first it is not provided with a mouth; it has instead, a V-shaped elevation where the mouth should be, which forms a sucker secreting a sticky substance by means of which the tadpole attaches itself to water weeds, resting head up. When two or three days old, we can detect little tassels on either side of
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