Frogs' Irrational Choices Could Reform Understanding of Animal Mating (2 of 3) (VIDEO)
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Male túngara frog calling within a chorus in Gamboa, Panama. Males gather in choruses to advertise for potential mates. Females approach male callers and show preferences for males based on call properties. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 28, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A.M. Lea at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas, and colleagues was titled, "Irrationality in mate choice revealed by túngara frogs."
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Amanda M. Lea
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