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Do frogs eat their own tadpoles?

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yes, tadpoles will eat other dead tadpoles if not fed, and sometimes if they are not fed they will nip at each others tails.

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Well not as tadpoles but when they grow they will start to eat each other for dominance

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Some species do so.

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