Given

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Brainy is often hard to find, given his coloring.

Zoological

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zoological: adj. of or relating to animals or animal life

There has been quite a bit of zoological excitement these past few weeks. After one of our many evenings spent at the ballfield, the Little Prince found a tadpole. He took it home in a styrofoam cup and, after it survived a couple days in the shade, it was upgraded to a Mason jar on July 12th.

One week later, the tadpole, named Brainy, was still alive and kicking. Well, not kicking so much as swimming around and around. Growing long legs, though.

Two days later, he graduated to a cut off gallon jug then a real live aquarium. With a lid.

I mean, look at those legs! A lid was a definate necessity. It was so hot that we brought him in the house for the night.

And this is what the Little Prince found the next morning. Overnight, Brainy the Tadpole was gone. He was replaced with Brainy the Frog.

Not sure what kind of frog, but how cute is he?? He's so tiny. Only about the size of my thumb nail. The Little Prince's dad thinks he may be a Northern Spring Peeper.

His back is still a bright green. He spends most of the day stuck to the side of the aquarium. The Little Prince loves to feed him frog pellets. Not that we ever see him eat them, but at least they are there for the taking. We keep peeking at him at night thinking maybe we will see some movement.