It's frog-eat-frog in the amphibian dating game, study reveals
It's frog-eat-frog in the amphibian dating game.
An ecologist has captured the moment a female green and golden bell frog attempted to eat a male suitor.
Dr John Gould, from the University of Newcastle in Australia, observed the female holding onto his leg with a firm bite.
During the encounter, which Dr Gould captured on video, a high-pitched scream is audible from the male as he struggles to escape her grasp, and being pulled deeper into a depression on the side of a pond during the breeding season.
The situation unfolded on Kooragang Island, north of Sydney, while Dr Gould was studying one of the last remaining strongholds for the threatened frog.
An ecologist has captured the moment a female green and golden bell frog attempted to eat a male suitor.
Dr John Gould, from the University of Newcastle in Australia, observed the female holding onto his leg with a firm bite.
During the encounter, which Dr Gould captured on video, a high-pitched scream is audible from the male as he struggles to escape her grasp, and being pulled deeper into a depression on the side of a pond during the breeding season.
The situation unfolded on Kooragang Island, north of Sydney, while Dr Gould was studying one of the last remaining strongholds for the threatened frog.