Female toads inflate to avoid sex.

Female toads inflate to avoid sex.
BBC ^ | Jan 6 2010 | BBC

Posted on 01/24/2010 5:41:40 PM PST by GSP.FAN

A report in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal describes how a female cane toad inflates its body to prevent an amorous male from mating with it.

This makes it difficult for the male toad to "hold on".

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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: genderwars; napl; toads

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To: Slings and Arrows

Inside every toad is a prince waiting to get out.

41 posted on 01/24/2010 8:41:16 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

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To: martin_fierro

42 posted on 01/24/2010 8:42:23 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

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To: Daffynition

I dunno - he seems very content to be a toad.

43 posted on 01/24/2010 8:49:33 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (Don't feed the trolls.)

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To: upsdriver

first they cut their hair

then they inflate.

44 posted on 01/24/2010 8:51:43 PM PST by Chickensoup (We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)

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To: Daffynition

Cyberporn is a growing problem in the amphibian world...

45 posted on 01/24/2010 9:00:43 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)

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To: GSP.FAN

OMG! LOL

46 posted on 01/24/2010 10:00:45 PM PST by beckysueb (Scott Brown is a start. Lets keep it going.)

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To: Joe 6-pack

47 posted on 01/24/2010 10:25:00 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)

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To: potlatch

Hilarious thread ping!

48 posted on 01/24/2010 11:21:48 PM PST by ntnychik

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To: Daffynition

I see that and hear Gollum saying, “My Prrrrecious!”

49 posted on 01/25/2010 7:01:55 AM PST by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)

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To: ntnychik

Thank you for the LOL ping.
Got your wonderful picture of ‘P’ today!! Love it.

50 posted on 01/27/2010 7:51:53 PM PST by potlatch (- What a co-inky-dink-)

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