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On 6/23/2017 9:05 AM, Randy Lauff wrote:
> I came across a floating mat eggs about a week ago, at the edge
> of a small in Guysborough County. The only toad eggs I've seen, and I've
> seen plenty, are in single strings, laying on the bottom. These look
> like many strings together making a mat, but it doesn't make sense to me.
>
> Here's the picture: http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html
* Green Frogs and Bull Frogs lay floating mat of eggs like this - it
keeps the eggs exposed to oxygen at the higher temperatures when they
breed.
fred.
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