Natural History Wanderings

NBC Bay Area reports

Next time you spot a frog that appears to be dead, it could just be the female amphibian trying to escape male attention, scientists have discovered.

Research has shown that female European common frogs are engaging in “tonic immobility,” which is essentially frogs faking their own deaths to dodge mating, a study in Royal Society Open Science found.

Read more Female frogs fake their own deaths to avoid mating, study finds – NBC Bay Area