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Frogs Adapts Call Frequency to Maximize Babes

Posted by Hemos on from the helllOOOO-LADIES dept.

BKize writes "Like a teenager turning his guitar amp up to 11, Nature magazine has an article on the discovery that a male Bornean frog tunes its mating call to its home tree cavity to maximize the sound volume, and thereby increase the odds it will attract a female. A lab experiment revealed the frog dynamically adjusts the frequency of the call if the acoustic properties of the cavity change."

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  1. I'll hate myself for posting this, but... by Tsar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I thought the whole point of mating was to do it before you croak.

    All kidding aside, wouldn't it be interesting to put these frogs in a set of tuned pipes and let them find their pitch? Find a (humane) way to stimulate them to call on command, and you'd have the world's first amphibious pipe organ.

  2. Phil by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Phil Lesh used to play different bass notes at the sound check, in order to find the resonant acoustic frequency of whatever concrete hockey-rink the Grateful Dead happened to be playing. He then hit the note during the concert to great effect. Don't know if he still does this or if it got him laid.