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Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2026

Canada


American Bullfrog Tadpoles

Lithobates catesbeianus

Class: Amphibia

Family: Ranidae

Size: 10 to 15 cm

Food: Algae, organic material, insect larvae

Range: Eastern Canada, eastern and central U.S.-introduced in the western U.S.

Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and slow moving streams

Life Cycle: Females lay up to 20,000 eggs in long strings. Tadpoles take up to 2 years to metamorphose.

Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa 

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Canada


This is the fossilized shell of the marine organi ammonite, which lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. The iridescence of the fossil and its rarity have garnered it status as a gemstone, called ammolite. It is mined on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta.
Ammolite (ammonite fossil) Korite Mine, Lethbridge Alberta, Canada Gift from Korite International Ltd, and Canada
Fossils Ltd

Monday, June 8, 2026