Did I just ribbit?
In the unfolding story of China’s ultrasonic frogs, it appears that females cannot hear the high-frequency zest of their own flirtations. The concave-eared frogs were reported in 2006 to court using chirps including high squeak components that carried above the low roar of mountain streams where the frogs live.
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