Grossness for a Good Cause

Behold the Majesty of the Mountain Chicken Frog!

I hope you're impressed.

Anyway, female mountain chicken frogs are cool. First, they lay eggs that hatch tadpoles. Then to feed the tadpoles, the mother releases unfertilized eggs for their tadpoles to feast on.

The resulting meal as the tadpoles swarm the mother to chow down on the eggs is fantastically gross.

And best of all, these tadpoles were hatched to save the frog from extinction, so it’s grossness for a good cause! There’s another video with better close-ups over here. (It takes a couple of seconds to load.) And news on the effort to save these awesome frogs is here.