This bizarre creature is a giant tadpole accidentally discovered in the USA.

Although the creature in the image above looks like a fish, it is actually a huge tadpole found in a shallow Arizona pond. Yes, dear reader, what you just saw - and you can see again next - is the frog cub! Were the "parents" of the "child" big? According to Mindy Weisberger of the Live Science website, amphibian belongs to the North American native Lithobates catesbeianus, and adult individuals can measure up to 20 centimeters in length and hit 1 to 1.5 kilograms. balance.

Puppy

Popularly known as American bullfrogs, these animals - which are, indeed, very big - usually produce impressive tadpoles when compared to the “cubs” of other species. However, nothing compares to “Goliath, ” the creature found in Arizona! About twice the size of a soda can, the tadpole was found in mid-June while a group of biologists captured bullfrogs - as they are an invasive species in the region.

Up here at the Southwestern Research Station there is an initiative to remove invasive bull frogs from ponds. During the removal process they found a tadpole of gigantic proportions. BEHOLD #SciComm #desert #skyisland #frogs #arizona #BLACKandSTEM #womeninStem #UAResearch pic.twitter.com/e6AgaRwrhb

- Earyn McGee (@Afro_Herper) June 14, 2018

And what's the tadpole's? According to Mindy, the researchers believe he may suffer from some hormonal imbalance - which in turn would be responsible for causing Goliás to grow larger than normal. Incidentally, if this is the case, the researchers think the condition will not allow the tadpole to complete the metamorphosis and "turn" into a frog (or bullfrog), and that it can continue to grow.

I know a lot of you were looking for updates and I can't tell you exactly how big this guy is because the researchers haven't published it yet. A rough estimate would be the size of a medium banana. He is still alive and growing. His name is Goliath ?? @swrsamnh pic.twitter.com/gWecsJwzMn

- Earyn McGee (@Afro_Herper) June 14, 2018

On the one hand, this is quite bad for Goliath, since by not completing the natural process these amphibians go through and continuing to grow in size, your cardiorespiratory system will have trouble keeping working efficiently. However, because it is big, the tadpole can catch more food than its smaller "brothers".

At the moment, biologists have taken Goliath to a laboratory and must conduct a number of studies and surveys to find out what is causing the animal's overgrowth, and the results will be published in one study.

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