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Why do these female frogs play dead?

She’s just not that into you” isn’t a sentiment that male European common frogs seem to understand—at least not during ...
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Female Frogs Fake Death to Escape Unwanted Male Attention

Female frogs have developed several ingenious and sneaky tactics to get away from unwanted males attempting to mate with them, one of which includes faking their own deaths. These European common ...
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Female frogs fake death to avoid unwanted male attention, study shows

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — While “ghosting” is ...
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Female frogs fake death to avoid unwanted male attention, study shows

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — While “ghosting” is common in getting out of an unwanted relationship for humans, female frogs will fake their own death in order to avoid mating advances from male frogs, ...
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Female frogs fake death to evade unwanted male attention, study shows

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — While “ghosting” is common in getting out of an unwanted relationship for people, female frogs will fake their own death in order to avoid mating advances from male frogs, ...