Being a Poison Dart Frog Parent is HARD | 4K UHD | Seven Worlds One Planet | BBC Earth

this is a poison dart frog males raise their young in a very special way a father will place each one of his tadpoles in its own tiny pool of water this is one nice and safe he might have up to five other tadpoles but he needs to remember where he put each one of them this one isn't doing so well his tiny puddle has all but dried out [Music] the tadpo will die unless its father can find a better place for it if dads are good for one thing it's piggyback rides foreign [Music] ERS are no bigger than a human thumbnail but this enables them to get to places that others can't this could be perfect [Music] the only problem is that there's no food here okay fathers need help [Music] somewhere in this Forest is mum [Music] [Music] a female could do something a male cannot but first dad must lead his partner to their hungry tadpole [Music] [Music] and mother deals with the problem She lays a single unfertilized egg [Music] and her tadpole gets a much needed meal for the next six weeks parents continue their rounds an extraordinary test of teamwork and memory [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Channel: BBC Earth

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Id: QP37rnwa-UY

Length: 3min 25sec (205 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 01 2023