Sex in the City -- Tungara 1 (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Sex in the City -- Tungara 1

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Tungara frogs sound like pinball machines. They start with the sound TUN, and can add several GARAS to make the sound TUN GARA GARA. Frogs living in the city make more calls, and more complex calls (more GARAS), than frogs living near the tropical forest.

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Marcos Guerra, STRI

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