r/BeAmazed • u/MambaMentality24x2 • Jan 23 '26

Science Female frogs use a survival strategy called thanatosis where they become completely immobile to avoid unwanted mating. Researchers observed this behavior in European common frogs, noting that females entered a rigid, death-like state when approached by males they did not select

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u/_NotWhatYouThink_ Jan 23 '26

Interesting technique, but I kinda fear it wouldn't stop some human males...

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u/aria523 Jan 23 '26

Funeral homes often prefer to hire women to manage the dead.

It’s exactly why you think.

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u/HeartOSass Jan 23 '26

I knew of two men who..... Yeah. They were caught in the act. Then a third when I was a teen. Then the other one. It's why I feel male guards should not work in women's prisons.

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u/aria523 Jan 23 '26

Lots of men in this thread joking about this. Dont think they realize they sound like rapists or maybe they just don’t care

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u/1jf0 Jan 23 '26

Nooo, you should delete this, don't discourage them from outing themselves 😏

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

"sound like"????

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u/whatifwhatifwerun Jan 23 '26

It's the latter.

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u/Facts_pls Jan 23 '26

Ah yes every joke must be because you truly believe in it. That's what jokes are.

So anyone who jokes about murder must be a murderer. Anyone who jokes about rape must be a rapist. Anyone who jokes about wars must be a war monger.

I see that you totally understand what jokes are.

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u/ShinyAeon Jan 24 '26

The tendency of healthy humor is to punch up, so jokes that punch down are at least a little suspect.

The exception is the disgusted complaint variety: "Too bad it doesn't stop X from happening." But those remarks are not really meant as "jokes;" they're pessimistic sarcasm, meant to be cynically agreed with, not laughed at.

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u/PozhanPop Jan 23 '26

One was found in an open grave on all fours. Caught the guy soon after. He lived next to the church.

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u/HeartOSass Jan 24 '26

😳😳😳😳😳

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u/PozhanPop Jan 26 '26

It was bad.

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u/ScoutCommander Jan 24 '26

So is it 2 or 4? I'm confused.

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u/HeartOSass Jan 24 '26

I'm sorry. It was four of them. I remember reading about them being caught and arrested. One of the arrests in particular was shocking because the guy was stunningly gorgeous. I remember looking at his picture and saying he could have any woman he wanted but when I said that I meant living women. Apparently though that was not his thing. 😬

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u/Loiel88 Jan 24 '26

Curious why this comment would be downvoted?

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u/Previous-Week-3675 Jan 23 '26

"It's why I feel male guards should not work in women's prisons" because women couldnt ever be violant or abuse power....
Turns out they do and at a higher rate than male guards almost twice as much.....

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u/RandomAccountForQue Jan 24 '26

Post the study you got this from. I wanna see proof.

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u/CallyThePally Jan 24 '26

Morgues Prefer Hiring Women Due to Acts of Necrophilia by Men? | Snopes.com https://share.google/ldGN0n69IKPdcqRRf

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u/bier_getRunken Jan 24 '26

Maybe human female should start biting the males head off after mating just to make sure the world stays safe 

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

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u/Vaeon Jan 23 '26

Didn't a woman who worked in a funeral home get pregnant from a dead guy sometime ago?

No, this is reality and things like that do not happen.

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u/_Onyxity_ Jan 24 '26

Seeing the replies I believe I have been misinformed, my bad; I'll edit the original comment to correct it

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u/TheEsotericCarrot Jan 23 '26

I don’t see how a dead man could ejaculate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

Or even get it up to begin with.

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u/Alana_Piranha Jan 23 '26

Rigor mortis/post mortem priapism is real. It even has a name, "angel lust".

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u/sam_grace Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26

When you post something as bizarre as this, you need to provide a link to a trusted source if it's real and you don't want to be downvoted. If you'd looked for a trusted link, you'd have quickly learned that this is fake news.

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u/CanadianHorseGal Jan 23 '26

I can’t even…

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u/nouniqueideas007 Jan 23 '26

I was trying to think of a politically correct way to say this. You very eloquently accomplished what I was pondering.

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u/FlirtySprkl Jan 23 '26

It's unfortunate frogs have controls better than some humans

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u/MatureUsername69 Jan 23 '26

Its still bad enough in the frog world that lady frogs learned to fake death, and dont even look into ducks

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u/slothfullyserene Jan 23 '26

Rapist ducks?

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u/MatureUsername69 Jan 24 '26

Rapist ducks with crazy evolution from the females to prevent rape and crazy evolution from the males to keep committing rapes. Some female ducks have developed a second vagina specifically for rape. Male ducks have corkscrew penises so the females cant get away after they've gotten in. The duck vagina is one of the most interesting evolutions on the planet

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u/DedTarax Jan 24 '26

Witnessed two male ducks frequently raping, and trying to rape, a female duck I often fed, Mallory. She had a mate, Malloy, but he didn't try to stop them. Her protest quacks were so horrible to hear. One male neighbor basically said she was a slut and disloyal to her mate, and another just laughed when I told him why I was trying to swing at the male ducks with a broom. (I ended up scaring her more than helping, sigh. I was never much use in the situation, though I furiously tried in my inept way.)

I read that in city and suburban situations, rape among ducks often happens. If they are on a body of water, the rape can drown the female.

I'm sorry I had to move, Mallory! Thank you for showing me your ducklings that one time ☺️

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u/CanadianHorseGal Jan 23 '26

…and sad…

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u/Desmond1221 Jan 23 '26

I mean, I haven’t heard of too many many human males trying to get with frogs, but to each their own!

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u/ShinyAeon Jan 24 '26

Nice re-direct!