A female surinam toad Pipa pipa with clutch on her back

A successful and unique reproductive strategy is the one of the Surinam toad. Being a bizarre creature by its look to begin with, the Surinam toad performs skillful underwater somersaults to ensure that the clutch of eggs end up on the back of the female. There, it will be rapidly overgrown by skin until eventually the mini creatures will break free from their mothers back - an alien like burst out.