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Men Will Be Always Men!!!!!! We see many humorous advertisement on the behavior of men in the society and joke shared on Whats-up and Facebook on the same topic. Though giving this topic a different flavor and observing the same behavior in wildlife and looking at its benefits. Not joking but its a proven fact.<br />
I love to observe nature closely and one such fine opportunity came to me this monsoon. I joined my friend who is studying frogs in Western Ghats. I particularly was interested in observing Night Frogs and distinct parental care shown by the male frog, unlike of human male.<br />
We were exploring the steams in Mavinagundi, in Uattar Kannada, a place which is couple of kms. away from famous Jog water fall. <br />
Nyctibatrachus jog, as the name suggest the night frog named after the famous Jog Waterfall.<br />
1. The male was calling load to attract female in the region who were very silent. A very unusual behavior or I would say next to impossible thing seen in human females.<br />
2. The males had success in attracting a mate by his charming vocal sacs. They are also called as wrinkled frog as one can see the wrinkled skin on its back.<br />
3. The male of Jog night frog wanted to be very sure that his love was completely spell bound by his charms and kept on calling and blowing his sacs.<br />
4. Patience always pays off. The male got his prize and without wasting any time he embraced his love. The amplexus lasted for few minutes.<br />
5. After externally fertilizing the eggs, the male got separated from the female. One can see the newly laid eggs in the hind limbs of the female Jog night frog.<br />
6. Now here is we don&#039;t see that they happily lived ever with their off-springs. Now there is twist in the story. The male Jog night frog started calling again to attract other females. I don&#039;t know what must be going through the mind of the female Jog night frog in the image.<br />
Jokes apart, this is how we see survival of the fittest being proved in nature once again. One can see a clutch of eggs in the top right corner of the image which has fairly developed tadpoles. This must be resulted by mating with a different female for sure. The females choose the best male to ensure their eggs get the genes of the best father available. Night frogs are known have a parental instinct of guarding their clutches.<br />
So now our male is in search of new female, so now I say once again Men Will Be Always Men!!!!!! Geotagged,India,Jog night frog,Nyctibatrachus jog,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Men Will Be Always Men!!!!!!

We see many humorous advertisement on the behavior of men in the society and joke shared on Whats-up and Facebook on the same topic. Though giving this topic a different flavor and observing the same behavior in wildlife and looking at its benefits. Not joking but its a proven fact.
I love to observe nature closely and one such fine opportunity came to me this monsoon. I joined my friend who is studying frogs in Western Ghats. I particularly was interested in observing Night Frogs and distinct parental care shown by the male frog, unlike of human male.
We were exploring the steams in Mavinagundi, in Uattar Kannada, a place which is couple of kms. away from famous Jog water fall.
Nyctibatrachus jog, as the name suggest the night frog named after the famous Jog Waterfall.
1. The male was calling load to attract female in the region who were very silent. A very unusual behavior or I would say next to impossible thing seen in human females.
2. The males had success in attracting a mate by his charming vocal sacs. They are also called as wrinkled frog as one can see the wrinkled skin on its back.
3. The male of Jog night frog wanted to be very sure that his love was completely spell bound by his charms and kept on calling and blowing his sacs.
4. Patience always pays off. The male got his prize and without wasting any time he embraced his love. The amplexus lasted for few minutes.
5. After externally fertilizing the eggs, the male got separated from the female. One can see the newly laid eggs in the hind limbs of the female Jog night frog.
6. Now here is we don't see that they happily lived ever with their off-springs. Now there is twist in the story. The male Jog night frog started calling again to attract other females. I don't know what must be going through the mind of the female Jog night frog in the image.
Jokes apart, this is how we see survival of the fittest being proved in nature once again. One can see a clutch of eggs in the top right corner of the image which has fairly developed tadpoles. This must be resulted by mating with a different female for sure. The females choose the best male to ensure their eggs get the genes of the best father available. Night frogs are known have a parental instinct of guarding their clutches.
So now our male is in search of new female, so now I say once again Men Will Be Always Men!!!!!!

    comments (3)

  1. I love posts like these, so detailed and educational, keep up the good work! Although I must say that to me, one female is plenty to handle already :) Posted 9 years ago
    1. I second that, I love coming here and learning new nature related stuff. Posted 9 years ago
  2. I love your writeup and behavioural study!
    wonderful photos,too
    Posted 9 years ago

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The Jog night frog or Jog's night frog is one of 12 species of nocturnal frogs in the genus ''Nyctibatrachus''. It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India, and both sexes share the responsibility of watching over the eggs.

Similar species: Frogs
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Uploaded Jan 1, 2016. Captured Jul 28, 2014 20:29 in Unnamed Road, Yana, Karnataka 581403, India.
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  • 105mm