Female European common frogs were observed engaging in “tonic immobility,” essentially feigning their own death to avoid mating, according to a study published [in 2023] in Royal Society Open Science.
Female European common frogs were observed engaging in “tonic immobility,” essentially feigning their own death to avoid mating, according to a study published [in 2023] in Royal Society Open Science.
In French, they call it “la petit mort”.