A photo of a mass of frog eggs floating on the surface of a puddle in a forest. They are hundreds of small, gelatinous, transparent spheres, each with a black dot in the center, which is the developing embryo. The cluster forms a compact bunch about the size of a large dinner plate. Among the eggs is a fallen reddish-brown leaf and a small aquatic plant with green leaves. The water reflects the surrounding trees. The image was taken from above at the beginning of spring.
Some puddles in the forest hold these strange, transparent spheres, as if the forest itself had dropped a handful of stars into the water. They say that in the forests of Stuttgart, when winter begins to recede and the water is still cold, the frogs return to […]
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