FlipFact of the Day: In 2018, researchers in Arizona found a tadpole measuring twice as long as a soda can.
Meet Goliath, the largest tadpole ever found. This 10.1-inch-long amphibian was fished out of a pond in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona by a team of scientists during a habitat restoration project. It is so huge that its head is approximately the size of a large adult bullfrog! Nobody’s sure exactly how old this gargantuan tadpole is, though, and experts say that it’s unlikely it’ll ever become a fully developed frog.
Today’s Science History Milestone: On August 17, 1970, the spacecraft Venera 7 was launched. It became the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet – in this case, Venus.
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Cover: Earyn McGee/SWRS/The Frog Conservation Project
References
- https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/from-the-staff/the-giant-tadpole-that-never-got-its-legs
Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
Bitten by the science writing bug, Mikael has years of writing and editorial experience under his belt. As the editor-in-chief of FlipScience, Mikael has sworn to help make science more fun and interesting for geeky readers and casual audiences alike.
