@phantompanther The mating behavior does seem a bit strange, and somewhat wasteful from nature's point of view. I can't quite see how this fits into the process of evolution.
That's a pretty frog. I wonder if the zoo makes accomodations for this mating behavior? If so, I wonder how they do it. Do they put one male frog w/ 2 females and whoever lays the eggs first is the winner?
@happycozy The Zoo tries to recreate natural environments as much as possible, so that is probably what the arrangement is, at least behind the scenes. I think the frogs on exhibit that are shown in this video are younger than a year old, so they would not be sexually mature yet. But I will check with the keepers to try to give you a better answer.
@happycozy To follow up, I checked with the keepers and learned that the Philadelphia Zoo does not breed Amazon milk frogs because the frogs it has are not on the list of ones that have been certified by the AZA's Species Survival Plan.
Cute frog! Creepy mating behavior. o_o
phantompanther 11 months ago
@phantompanther The mating behavior does seem a bit strange, and somewhat wasteful from nature's point of view. I can't quite see how this fits into the process of evolution.
ZooVisitorMM 11 months ago
@ZooVisitorMM It does! I'm not sure why they started doing that either. Convenience, maybe?
phantompanther 11 months ago
That's a pretty frog. I wonder if the zoo makes accomodations for this mating behavior? If so, I wonder how they do it. Do they put one male frog w/ 2 females and whoever lays the eggs first is the winner?
happycozy 11 months ago
@happycozy The Zoo tries to recreate natural environments as much as possible, so that is probably what the arrangement is, at least behind the scenes. I think the frogs on exhibit that are shown in this video are younger than a year old, so they would not be sexually mature yet. But I will check with the keepers to try to give you a better answer.
ZooVisitorMM 11 months ago
@happycozy To follow up, I checked with the keepers and learned that the Philadelphia Zoo does not breed Amazon milk frogs because the frogs it has are not on the list of ones that have been certified by the AZA's Species Survival Plan.
ZooVisitorMM 10 months ago