Aussie Frogs Try New Pickup Line
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Australia's frogs are having trouble hooking up. Traffic noise and other sounds of city life, like air conditioners and construction noise, are drowning out the mating calls of male frogs in urban areas, leading to a sharp drop in their populations. But in the first study of its kind, a scientist has found that some frogs have figured out a way to compensate for human interference in their love lives.
The sound of a male southern brown tree frog looking for a date is music to the ears of a female southern brown tree frog. But add the sounds of nearby traffic, and the message just isn't getting out, says Kirsten Parris of the University of Melbourne
The sound of a male southern brown tree frog looking for a date is music to the ears of a female southern brown tree frog. But add the sounds of nearby traffic, and the message just isn't getting out, says Kirsten Parris of the University of Melbourne
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