{"id":1960,"date":"2012-06-30T12:21:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T19:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2012-06-30T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T19:21:20","slug":"nature-and-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=1960","title":{"rendered":"Nature and Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not keen on soft bodied critters. When I was a kid living near the Scioto River it was not uncommon for snakes to take up residence around our house. <a href=\"http:\/\/library.sandiegozoo.org\/factsheets\/alligator_lizard\/alligatorlizard.htm\" >Alligator lizards<\/a> often live in my gardens. The first sighting gives me a fright, until I know to expect them. There is a great fact sheet that I plan to read for future lizard encounters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"\/images\/SDZooImage_alligatorlizard.jpg\" alt=\"alligator lizard\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">This image is from the San Diego Zoo website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When I found tadpoles in a concrete drainage ditch that was very nearly dry, I debated about taking on the responsibility of their care. Before I could decide, my husband had scooped them up and put them a large plastic tray in the courtyard. <\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/TadpoleIMG_1265.jpg\" alt=\"Tadpole\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Tadpole in New Digs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The green goop was scooped up with them from the drainage ditch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/FrogsIMG_1312.jpg\" alt=\"Frog and Tadpole\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Transition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When some of the tadpoles evolved to having legs and shortened tails we placed a couple of rocks in their container. Eventually they were moved to a different container with less water. <\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/FrogsIMG_1329.jpg\" alt=\"Frogs\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Legs and Shortened Tails<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is the first little one to leave the container. Notice the color change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/FrogIMG_1333.jpg\" alt=\"First to Leave\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Perched<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to touch or scare him, so I moved my to-be-planted 6-pack of alyssum to within hopping distance. He hopped right in and eventually was followed by several other little guys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/FrogIMG_1336.jpg\" alt=\"First to Leave\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">First to Leave<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What I Learned\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Before you take on the responsibility for other living creatures find out everything you can. Your good intentions should not cause harm.<\/p>\n<p>A few sites I visited\u2013<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fdrproject.org.au\/disease\/sudden_death.shtml\" >Virus Which Causes Sudden Death and Deformities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.froglife.org\/disease\/tadpoles_dying.htm\" >Tadpole problems<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/allaboutfrogs.org\/info\/tadpoles\/index.html\" >How to Raise Tadpoles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amphibiaweb.org\/cgi\/amphib_query?where-genus=rana&#038;where-species=draytonii\" >AMPHIBIAWEB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiaherps.com\/identification\/frogsid\/frogs.id.html\" >Identifying California Frogs and Toads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatdotadpoleseat.info\/\" >What Do Tadpoles Eat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tropicalis.berkeley.edu\/home\/husbandry\/raisetads.html\" >Raising Tadpoles through Adulthood<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not keen on soft bodied critters. When I was a kid living near the Scioto River it was not uncommon for snakes to take up residence around our house. Alligator lizards often live in my gardens. The first sighting gives me a fright, until I know to expect them. There is a great fact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=1960\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nature and Transition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-observations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2177,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/2177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}