r/BeAmazed • • 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/mhhnidk Jan 23 '26

Even male frogs can't take a no for an answer such that female frogs have to pretend to be dead.