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they don't really fall off, more accurately they are slowly absorbed by a frogs body as they change it gradually grows shorter until it disappears, Occasionally small frogs are found stil in development with a tiny stub of remaining tail

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Salamanders lose their tails because they want to be able to change the color of their tail like humans change thier clothes!

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I don't know when but I know that a tadpole's tail is reabsorbed into their bodies as food.

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no they dont!

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It turn into legs

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