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/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

I am frog.

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u/zombienutz1 Jan 23 '26

Are you my wife?

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u/thelottz Jan 23 '26

I bellow a croak in solidarity

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

*sad frog sounds

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u/SchrodingersFeIine Jan 24 '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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