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Female frogs sometimes play dead to avoid mating with males
New Scientist ^ | 11 October 2023 | By Chen Ly

Posted on 02/27/2024 1:18:49 PM PST by Red Badger

Frog mating can be a competitive and sometimes deadly affair as many males compete for females – but females have some tricks to avoid unwanted attention

Male frogs commonly coerce female frogs into mating, but some females have come up with ways to avoid harassment – including playing dead.

Many frog species, including the European common frog (Rana temporaria), only have a short window of a few weeks each year to mate. This means that lots of males simultaneously compete for the attention of females, sometimes leading to deadly clashes as individuals are submerged under a competing group of males.

“It could be that there are several males clinging to one female, which often leads to the death of the female,” says Carolin Dittrich at the Natural History Museum in Berlin, Germany.

Now, Dittrich and her colleagues have found that female common frogs employ a few different tactics to evade males.

The team collected common frogs during the breeding season – 96 females and 48 males – and placed one male and two differently sized females in a box filled with 5 centimetres of water. The frogs were then allowed to move freely for 1 hour while the team recorded their behaviour.

Of the 54 female frogs that were embraced by a male as part of the mating process, 83 per cent rotated away, making it the most common escape tactic.

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To: Red Badger

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81 posted on 02/27/2024 5:28:54 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Lazamataz; Robert A Cook PE

I just knew this thread would be entertaining...:)


82 posted on 02/27/2024 5:30:42 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: Red Badger

N-S = Non Sense.


83 posted on 02/27/2024 5:49:03 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: BullwinkleMoose

Hah, that was funny!


84 posted on 02/27/2024 5:51:15 PM PST by dforest
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To: MV=PY

Maybe hunting.

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85 posted on 02/27/2024 5:53:07 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

Imagine that. Female hoomans do the very same thing.


86 posted on 02/27/2024 9:53:39 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: oldvirginian

Absolutely nothing at all.


87 posted on 02/27/2024 9:58:44 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: Rummyfan

Having attended TCU, this explains a lot of my college days !!


88 posted on 02/28/2024 5:20:43 AM PST by DrHFrog
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To: grey_whiskers

I was literally in the bush, in the wilderness lol.


89 posted on 02/28/2024 5:21:42 AM PST by Bulwyf
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