Courtney The Frogologist explores the Unseen Nature!
The purpose of this channel is to explore the unseen nature is to show living things and their behaviors that are not typically noticed in day-to-day life.
I think it is important that everyone who wants to learn has the opportunity to do so. This channel was created for those people with a curiosity of the natural world as well as people first exploring the fascinating world of biology.
This channel has recently changed its name from "UnseenNature" (which several other channels had this same name) to "Courtney The Frogologist" to give it a more personal spin. Thank you for your support!
I live in Michigan, and just recently I discovered clam shrimp in a little pond, in our county gravel pit. I've spent a heck of a lot of my life evploring puddles and ponds, and I have never come across these before 😮. Honestly, I had a heck of a time trying to figure out which species of fresh water clam/mussel was capable of swimming 🤣.
1. Many species show homosexual behavior throughout recorded history. 2. You can't "turn" someone gay. 3. Frogs call to attract mates, it's not like the males and females look all that different.
@Courtney The Frogologist "turning the frogs gay" is a popular meme, didn't mean to offend? I used this video to see if my toads would croak. But dang... Them bois GAY
I also wanted to say this was very informative and my daughter is now a big fan. She was happy to be able to learn and understand without losing interest and getting overwhelmed with info. She is raising clam shrimp along with several other vernal pool inhabiting creatures and it is so great to find videos on these little guys. Tfs!
I copied my original message to post here as it's probably better, instead of in another commenters thread ] although this was a question was for someone else, I would like to answer by sharing my experience with these as pets. I bought a primordial mix that contained clam and fairy shrimp, along with some triops to use for educational experience for my daughter who dreams to one day work with animals for a living. She hasn't chosen which field of course as she is only 8 and loves it all. Anyway, from our experience, clam shrimp have been the easiest and most prolific when it comes to breeding and caring for. They are quite hardy and handle many different water parameters and deal with sudden temp changes when changing water pretty well with little to no die off. The same couldn't really be said for our fair shrimp and definitely not the triops. The triops are very sensitive to any changes, especially temp. The fairy shrimp didn't seem to take well to our well water that is very hard. We had to use bottle spring water for them to survive long enough to grow past the nupl/larval stage. And the triops didn't hatch unless distilled water was used. So, if any one wants to have any "instant pet" I would definitely go with clam shrimp, or the specially bred sea monkeys who are much more hardy. You will have less disappointment and death, and in my opinion, as well as my daughters, clam shrimp are a lot more fun to watch and seem to have more personality than fairy shrimp who just swim around aimlessly. The most important thing that makes these guys easier is you don't need special powder food or yeast to feed like you do with fair shrimp or sea monkeys. It's more fun to feed them as well as they will actually swim to and gather where you place the food and you can tell when and if they have actually eaten or not, without having to cloud up your tank, lose visibility, wait for water to clear before next feeding, and/or risk over feeding and causing your cultures to crash. I apologize for the long comment (with possibly unnecessary information) and I apologize for my English. I am just so excited over the experience I've had and still having with my daughter raising these amazing creatures and want to encourage others to have a go. I am definitely subscribing to your channel and very happy to have found it.tfs!
Why do some of them not croak? I had like 6 of them for about a year and a half and they never did that, do you they sort of have to think their out in the wild or something? I don't understand why mine never made any noises
Only the males croak to attract the females. Is it possible that you had females? Because the females wouldn't croak. If they were males, it may have been that they were too young yet or that like you suggested, the environmental conditions within your enclosure just may have not been ideal to croak. Hope this helps!
They aren't the newt eggs. When Eastern newts lay eggs, they lay one at a time and usually wrap them in a leaf or some other similar material in the water. If I remember correctly, these were spotted salamander eggs. There is a possibility that they were wood frogs eggs. I am 99% sure that it was the spotted salamanders and newts that we collected at the same time though that year. Eggs are very hard to tell apart.
I think you can buy the eggs they same way that you can get sea monkeys. These were unintentionally collected when collecting water from a temporary pond.
@@courtneythefrogologist although this was a question was for someone else, I would like to answer by sharing my experience with these as pets. I bought a primordial mix that contained clam and fairy shrimp, along with some triops to use for educational experience for my daughter who dreams to one day work with animals for a living. She hasn't chosen which field of course as she is only 8 and loves it all. Anyway, from our experience, clam shrimp have been the easiest and most prolific when it comes to breeding and caring for. They are quite hardy and handle many different water parameters and deal with sudden temp changes when changing water pretty well with little to no die off. The same couldn't really be said for our fair shrimp and definitely not the triops. The triops are very sensitive to any changes, especially temp. The fairy shrimp didn't seem to take well to our well water that is very hard. We had to use bottle spring water for them to survive long enough to grow past the nupl/larval stage. And the triops didn't hatch unless distilled water was used. So, if any one wants to have any "instant pet" I would definitely go with clam shrimp, or the specially bred sea monkeys who are much more hardy. You will have less disappointment and death, and in my opinion, as well as my daughters, clam shrimp are a lot more fun to watch and seem to have more personality than fairy shrimp who just swim around aimlessly. The most important thing that makes these guys easier is you don't need special powder food or yeast to feed like you do with fair shrimp or sea monkeys. It's more fun to feed them as well as they will actually swim to and gather where you place the food and you can tell when and if they have actually eaten or not, without having to cloud up your tank, lose visibility, wait for water to clear before next feeding, and/or risk over feeding and causing your cultures to crash. I apologize for the long comment (with possibly unnecessary information) and I apologize for my English. I am just so excited over the experience I've had and still having with my daughter raising these amazing creatures and want to encourage others to have a go. I am definitely subscribing to your channel and very happy to have found it.tfs!
@@wawakong If I remember correctly, these were spotted salamander eggs. There is a possibility that they were wood frogs eggs. I am 99% sure that it was the spotted salamanders and newts that we collected at the same time though that year. Eggs are very hard to tell apart.
That is so cool! I love frogs and toads. One thing I’m really curious about: how did you guys manage to videotape the toad calling, considering that frogs and toads are so smart and would not make any sounds if anyone was near them?
Hello and thank you for your comment! :) to film frogs/toads calling I basically sit in one spot for a long time until they get used to me being there. Also, when there are dozens of frogs in one space and it is the peek of their breeding season they are just going to call for their mates with little care of what else is going on around them. I had a toad try to form amplexus with my toe once. Cheers!
This was the filming container only. It was not it’s regular housing tank. The regular tank had more water; it was a full tank with leaf litter and more space to move.
Good day! I am Aladin from GMA Network, Manila Philippines. In one of our show, we will be discussing the Cadisfly Larvae. With this, we would like to ask permission if we can use the video that you have captured and posted in your RU-vid account. Rest assured that we will be providing proper credit by indicating 'Courtesy of Unseen Nature' while the video clip is being shown. We furthermore seek your permission to air this episode in the local and international channels of GMA Network, Inc., replays and use the video in all online platforms of GMA Network including our official website, social media accounts, and RU-vid account. Thank you so much and hopefully we can hear feedback from you!
aladin gulifardo, hello and thank you for the email. As long as you properly cite me for the credit of the video I am happy to have you use it for your show, as well as have you provide a link to it on your website and social media. Thank you for asking.
stacy S, I am not positive as it could be a number of reasons and I haven't read and research on this topic. For one it could just be a captive behavior. If they are male, it may be away to spread their pheromones on themselves to attract a female. Also, garter snake reproduction usually occurs in snake balls of many males slithering over each other to get to one female so maybe it provides some kind of substitute for that. Another thing I could think of is for me I usually noticed this behavior right before and/or after they shed their skin so it might have something to do with that. I'm not sure if you noticed a trend like this.
