Super Dad Glass Frog Defends His Eggs From Wasps | 20 Years of Planet Earth

Danger passed. And that's just as well. Because he is a father. And he's guarding some very precious eggs. For the last few weeks, females, one after the other, have visited him and entrusted him with their offspring. Some are now almost ready to hatch. There are several clutches on the leaf, and those at the top, the most recently laid, are barely a day old. But in the jungle, there's always someone out to get you. This wasp is a specialist hunter of fox eggs. It's noticed the wriggling tadpoles. The youngest eggs are the... And he can't guard them. But these tadpoles are not as helpless as they might appear. Can sense danger, and the oldest and strongest wriggle free and drop into the stream below. The eggs at the top of the leaf, however, are still too young to hatch. And now the wasps know they're there. But the male's back looks very like the youngest cluster of eggs. Seems to confuse the wasps. Using his own body as a decoy is a huge risk. The wasp's stings could kill him. He's managed to save most of his young. He'll have to remain on guard for another two weeks. But in the jungle, just surviving the day can count as a success.