8 Animal Pregnancies Reveal Stunning Before and After Transformations
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8. I was told there would be glowing.
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At a quiet pond a female tree frog, vivid in layered greens and browns, prepared to lay eggs under silvery moonlight. Swollen with developing life she positioned herself among submerged stems, then crafted a safe aquatic cradle of plants. Released eggs soon became darting tadpoles. She guarded early stages until they absorbed tails and sprouted legs, guiding emerging froglets toward land. Her emergence from water to shore embodied resilience and the seamless bridge between two linked habitats.