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==Amphibians== {{Main|Tadpole}} The behavior of an amphibian hatchling, commonly referred to as a [[tadpole]], is controlled by a few thousand neurons.<ref name=tadpole>{{cite journal|last=Roberts|first=Alan |author2=Wen-Chang Li |author3=Steve R. Soffe|title=How neurons generate behavior in a hatchling amphibian tadpole: an outline|journal=Front. Behav. Neurosci.|date=24 July 2010|volume=4|issue=16|page=16 |doi=10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00016|pmc=2903309|pmid=20631854|doi-access=free }}</ref> 99% of a ''[[Xenopus]]'' hatchling's first day after hatching is spent hanging from a thread of mucus secreted from near its mouth will eventually form; if it becomes detached from this thread, it will swim back and become reattached, usually within ten seconds.<ref name=tadpole/> While [[newt]] hatchlings are only able to swim for a few seconds, ''Xenopus'' tadpoles may be able to swim for minutes as long as they do not bump into anything.<ref name=tadpole/> The tadpole live from remaining [[yolk]]-mass in the gut for a period, before it swims off to find food.<ref name=Duellman&Trueb>{{cite book|last1=Duellman|first1=W. E.|last2=Trueb|first2=L. |others=illustrated by L. Trueb |title=Biology of amphibians|year=1994|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-4780-X}}</ref>
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