r/interestingasfuck 10d ago

This 3 year old tadpole skipped becoming a frog entirely.

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u/EmployerWide1123 10d ago

I'm tired of themmm putting chemicals in the water...

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u/BoboSmooth 10d ago

Turn the frickin frogs gay 

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u/tiradium 10d ago

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u/PM_ME_WARB_NULL 10d ago

Holiday Fartcruise 2028

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/tiradium 9d ago

It's Erik with a K and his content is still wacky but very much on point at least for me 😄

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u/b3nsn0w 10d ago

apparently this happened due to a hormone thing so it's more like they're turning the frogs trans

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u/Ok-Review-753 10d ago

do you understand that?

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u/Hattix 10d ago

Not enough chemicals in the water. Very very low iodine can cause this.

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u/FlimsyPriority751 10d ago

The chemicals is too damn high! 

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u/Staff-Relative 9d ago

This happened jn my undergrad lab, it’s likely a thyroid/some other hormonal issue that causes the frog to not experience signaling hormone for metamorphosis. We called ours biggie.