Mating California Newts (with some frogs too!)
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Uploaded by mfb99 on Mar 4, 2009
Some short video clips of amphibian mating activity at a pond in Napa Co., California in late February, 2009. The photos mostly show aggregations of mating newts ('newt balls'). A few overly-excited male pacific chorus frogs also appear in some clips trying to mate with the newts.
The sounds in the background are the calls of a few hundred male pacific chorus frogs.
Amphibian photo gallery:
http://www.mister-toad.com
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ummmm... inter-species orgy......
2 years ago 8
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Frog trying sneak in a quickie.
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Dang dude! its giant orgy!
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kinda cute.........kinda sad
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i have those frogs in my pond, they're noisy little things
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nice
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Ah dude! You should upload this to Nature: Caught In The Act! Just don't tell them is Napa County! Tell them it's in Butte, because their station doesnt cover Napa County!
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This is a very interesting video. The Californian newts appear to have love on their minds long before their European cousins.
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mfb99 8 months ago