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In the spring, when they're full of
eggs, the female ovaries fill up the
frog's whole body cavity.
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The ovaries each hang by a membrane from
the body wall.
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The ovaries are part of the
reproductive system.
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They not only produce and store eggs,
but make female sex hormones as well.
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First the ovaries release the eggs
into the frog's body cavity.
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Then tiny hairs called cilia move the
eggs to the oviducts.
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Human ovaries produce eggs in a cycle,
one egg each month.
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Frog ovaries churn out thousands of the
tiny eggs, one after another, once or
twice a year.
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Each frog egg is round, and unlike the
human egg it's black on one side.
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When you first cut open a frog stuffed
with eggs, it may seem filled with mud.
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