Mating Frogs

[seeby]

Its mating time for the frogs in wifey,s pond.She has just seen in the pond that two are stuck together (as they do)but the one on the bottom is on its side and is dead.She netted them to confirm this . What should she do ? ,try to separate, or leave the top one alone to have his fun .

[bexVN]

Only just seen this! What was the outcome. I have mo idea what the right answer would've been, I'd probably left him as wouldn't know what harm may be dome otherwise!

[seeby]

Checked the pond again this morning . No sign of the maters. perhaps they are in the surrounding plant life. No doubt we will find the dead one appear again soon .

[Johnnytheboy]

Mating frogs are funny, and they don't tend to mind too much whether the matee is still alive.

What I love is they way they all freeze and try and act like nothing's going on when you go and have a look at them.

[TheHeretic]

I have a river at the bottom end of my field, and the noise the frogs make is absurd.

[paintman]

Necrophiliac frogs?
Amazing what you can find on the internet
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/20/fro...

[seeby]

paintman said:

Necrophiliac frogs?
Amazing what you can find on the internet
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/20/fro...

Yes it is amazing.Although our frogs are just ordinary Essex garden frogs,not Amazonian.But it could be a "quirk" of all the species.