We see many humors 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.
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.
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.
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.
Patience always pays
off. The male got his prize and without wasting any time he embraced his love.
The amplexus lasted for few minutes.
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.
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!!!!!!
