Glass Frogs Wooing Near Noisy Waterfalls Do A Little Dance, Give A Little Wave To Get Noticed
When it comes to attracting a mate, sound can be important. Some animals use specialized vocalizations to turn the eye (and ear) of their beloved (including the túngara frog, whose call unfortunately also attracts predators), but what is one to do when you’re just a small glass frog living in a noisy waterfall? New research published in the journal Behaviour has discovered that these frogs have evolved to overcome their noisy surroundings by waving at each other to get attention. The frogs observed practicing this behavior, which the researchers described as a “dance”, were found to co...