A study reveals that a third of these clever frogs go to great lengths, laying motionless on their backs, to steer clear of the hanky panky in the world of amphibian romance.
Florida man who beat protected shark to death with a hammer is ordered to take shark fishing classesFemale frogs fake their deaths to avoid sexual interactions, a new study has found.
Of the 54 females clasped in an embrace, 33% played dead — or, in scientific terms, experienced “tonic immobility,” the stiffening of outstretched limbs and the inability to respond to stimuli. Tonic immobility mostly occurred in conjunction with body rotation, of which 83% attempted, and vocalization of grunts and squeaks, or “release calls,” which 48% emitted.
“In the real world we often observe the formation of mating balls, but also that females can more easily dive away because there is more structure and places to hide,” lead author Dr. Carolin Dittrich said, per
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Female frogs fake their own death to avoid unwanted attention from males: StudyThe 'tonic immobility' behavior was observed in European common frogs.
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Female common frogs fake death to get rid of malesA new study shows that, contrary to previous assumptions, female common frogs can reject males and have developed a variety of mate avoidance behaviors to do so. The research was led by Carolin Dittrich and Mark-Oliver Rödel from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and was published in the open access journal Royal Society Open Science.
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Female Frogs Fake Death to Escape Unwanted Male AttentionTo avoid being crowded to death by males wanting to mate during the breeding season, female frogs have evolved ways to get the males to leave them alone.
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Female frogs sometimes play dead to avoid mating with malesFrog mating can be a competitive and sometimes deadly affair as many males compete for females – but females have some tricks to avoid unwanted attention
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These female frogs fake their own deaths to get out of sexCarissa Wong is a freelance reporter who holds a PhD in cancer immunology from Cardiff University, in collaboration with the University of Bristol. She was formerly a staff writer at New Scientist magazine covering health, environment, technology, nature and ancient life, and has also written for MailOnline.
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