Digestive system
The digestive system of a tadpole consists of long intestines which thrive on plants. Tadpoles also like food full of proteins. Tadpoles also feed on micro plants that grow on the seabed, and algae. Protein is necessary during a tadpole's life cycle. It is required initially when it is hatching. The tadpole feeds on its own yolk sack. Another time it needs protein is when a tadpole forms its back legs. It needs the protein to develop at this stage. The protein should be provided from the micro plants and algae on the seabed. Tadpoles have to be fed small amounts of food at a regular interval. Normally a small amount of food is eaten within eight hours. A tadpoles life cycle at its initial stage is mainly about food and being able to nourish itself. Different tadpoles also eat different foods. There are two types of tadpoles, herbivores and cannibalistic. Tadpoles may eat various foods beside plants. This includes other tadpoles. When in a small environment where there are more tadpoles then food resources tadpoles will die off. Once a few tadpoles die the alive tadpoles will then feast on the dead tadpoles body to survive and gain nutrients. Tadpoles may also feast on larvae,and insects when there is a low amount of plant resources.
A difference between the tadpoles digestive system and a frogs digestive system is mainly the consumption of the food at the entry point. This meaning that the way a frog consumes its food is by sticking out its tongue that has a mixture of saliva and the sticky substance that is naturally on its tongue. This allows the frog to have the insect stick to its tongue so the frog can real it in allowing the insect to move along the digestive track. For a tadpole it does not have a sticky tongue just yet so it consumes its food with small teeth and can only it soft foods. This includes plants,algae and sometimes another tadpole. Once the food is in the tadpoles mouth is continues along the digestive track that would be the same for a frog. The food follows into the stomach to be digested and then into the intestines. Once all the nutrients is digested the waste exits out through the frogs cloaca and for a tadpole it exits out through the body. This makes a tadpole and a frog very similar which is understandable due to the fact that a tadpole is just a younger less developed frog.
Below are pictures of all the major organs inside a tadpole to help understand where the tadpoles food passes through the body.
The digestive system of a tadpole consists of long intestines which thrive on plants. Tadpoles also like food full of proteins. Tadpoles also feed on micro plants that grow on the seabed, and algae. Protein is necessary during a tadpole's life cycle. It is required initially when it is hatching. The tadpole feeds on its own yolk sack. Another time it needs protein is when a tadpole forms its back legs. It needs the protein to develop at this stage. The protein should be provided from the micro plants and algae on the seabed. Tadpoles have to be fed small amounts of food at a regular interval. Normally a small amount of food is eaten within eight hours. A tadpoles life cycle at its initial stage is mainly about food and being able to nourish itself. Different tadpoles also eat different foods. There are two types of tadpoles, herbivores and cannibalistic. Tadpoles may eat various foods beside plants. This includes other tadpoles. When in a small environment where there are more tadpoles then food resources tadpoles will die off. Once a few tadpoles die the alive tadpoles will then feast on the dead tadpoles body to survive and gain nutrients. Tadpoles may also feast on larvae,and insects when there is a low amount of plant resources.
A difference between the tadpoles digestive system and a frogs digestive system is mainly the consumption of the food at the entry point. This meaning that the way a frog consumes its food is by sticking out its tongue that has a mixture of saliva and the sticky substance that is naturally on its tongue. This allows the frog to have the insect stick to its tongue so the frog can real it in allowing the insect to move along the digestive track. For a tadpole it does not have a sticky tongue just yet so it consumes its food with small teeth and can only it soft foods. This includes plants,algae and sometimes another tadpole. Once the food is in the tadpoles mouth is continues along the digestive track that would be the same for a frog. The food follows into the stomach to be digested and then into the intestines. Once all the nutrients is digested the waste exits out through the frogs cloaca and for a tadpole it exits out through the body. This makes a tadpole and a frog very similar which is understandable due to the fact that a tadpole is just a younger less developed frog.
Below are pictures of all the major organs inside a tadpole to help understand where the tadpoles food passes through the body.