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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You mean to tell me that my ex wife is a frog?
The Natural History Museum of Berlin is also developing tiny, little devices that measure frog headaches too.
Same as it ever was...
lol I’m going to watch this thread. It’s going to get good. :D
Did she croak?
Did the male even notice?
So like us.
Poor beta frogs can’t get a break . . .
Unless they meet an Islamic frog, it probably works.
Sounds like my first wife..
That won’t work if the male frog is Egyptian:
Egypt’s “Farewell Intercourse” Law May Soon Allow Husbands to Have Sex with Their Dead Wives
Sadly no. At least not according to bank statements.
so do human females
There’s a chance even if are up to having sex, there isn’t much difference between playing dead and what they do when having sex.
Seriously, any man that has had a few different sexual partners can tell you some women really get into it, others lay there like it’s a job and go thru the motions or play dead while having sex.
If frogs could talk they would say, “I’ve got a headache”.
I can imagine already. I came out of the bush for reception to order some material and make a couple calls, so I won’t be able to look much til later. It should be good though.
My ex was a frog???
With undiagnosed brain tumors!
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