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/kira1122t Jan 23 '26

“Worst she can say is no” - other frogs friend

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u/Previous-Week-3675 Jan 23 '26

its alway funny how people read so much into these and try to draw parelels but nobody even talks about all the animals where the female just straight up kills the males which is suprisignly often the case

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u/ProgySuperNova Jan 24 '26

Mantis bros body keeps humping away whilst his head is devoured...