Hannah McSorely has been raising the tadpoles in Co Tyrone since mid-March.RTE News, YouTube

Irish teen Hannah McSorley, who decided to raise more than 37,000 tadpoles during COVID-19 lockdown, has gone viral on TikTok. 

Hannah McSorley from Co Tyrone "spawned" the idea to raise the tadpoles in late March when lockdowns were introduced across Ireland and Northern Ireland. 

Since then, the 17-year-old's project has gone viral and has earned her the nickname of "Tadpole Girl."

She has amassed more than 500,000 followers on her Tiktok channel - @.babyfrogs - and she has recently signed with US influencer agency Markerly.

@.baby.frogs

This is how big the 37,927 baby frogs will be soon!🐸😵 ##tadpoles ##frogspawn ##frogs ##frog ##pool ##nature ##wildlife ##motherfrog ##summer ##xyzbca ##viral

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Her journey to TikTok fame began when she found a patch of frogspawn in a puddle near her home and took it home to educate her nine-year-old brother, according to the Guardian. 

@.baby.frogs

I will post them as they grow! ##zyxcba ##uk ##ponds ##nature ##spring ##foryou ##fyp ##foryoupage ##frogs ##countryside

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She added another clutch of tadpoles the following week and what began in a jar now required a paddling pool filled with rocks and plants in order to survive. 

McSorley feeds the tadpoles boiled lettuce and spinach after consulting with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and changes the water in the pool every fortnight. 

She jokingly estimated that there are 37,927 tadpoles in the pool. 

The tadpoles began to sprout legs last week, meaning that the pool will be full of fully-formed frogs in just two or three weeks' time. She said that a pool full of frogs would not be "the easiest thing to look after." 

She said that her newfound social media fame has come as a  great surprise. 

"I’m honestly amazed by the following I have," she told the Guardian. 

She explained why the videos had become so popular. 

"I find the tadpoles very peaceful to watch. People love the wholesomeness of my videos and their simplicity. It’s just about tadpoles living their best lives."

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Ryan Hennessy, frontman for the Irish rock group Picture This, tweeted about McSorley's project, calling it the "most wholesome and simultaneously chaotic behavior" he had ever seen. 

Others said that this huge influx of frogs was like a plague from the Book of Exodus. 

McSorley, however, has done her research:

You can watch Tadpole Girl Hannah McSorley discuss her leapfrog to viral fame here with RTE News:

You can also follow Hannah McSorley on Twitter and TikTok.

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