Dancing Frogs
- The Costs of Attractiveness -
Walter Hödl & The Frog Connection © 2010
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Walter Hödl & The Frog Connection © 2010

Details:
The movie shows "high-spirited" frogs of the genus Phylloscopustristis
during visual communication at a loud "waterfall party".
Too much attractiveness, however, may have fatal consequences...

Production:
Idea: Iris Starnberger, Photos: Walter Hödl,
Music: Jacques Offenbach.

Literature:
     DE LUNA G., HÖDL W. & AMÉZQUITA A. (2010):
Colour, size, and movement: the role of visual stimuli in species recognition by males of the frog Allobates femoralis.
Animal Behavior 79: 739-745.