How Houdini tadpoles escape certain death

Chemicals probably trigger a three-stage emergency early hatching process

snake eating embryos

RUN AWAY When predatory snakes take a bite out of clusters of unhatched red-eyed tree frog embryos, some manage to escape the slaughter by wriggling out of their eggs to safety. 

Karen M. Warkentin

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Tree frog tadpoles are the ultimate escape artists.