Talk:Amplexus
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[edit] Limited to frogs?
Do other animals perform amplexus? The article makes it seem unique to frogs. —Keenan Pepper 01:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- I've seen references in books on adaptive behavior and morphology that indicate that amplexus is not confined to the act of fertilization; it is apparently also used by males in some species to guard a chosen female until she gets around to laying her eggs. There are millipedes who exhibit the same behavior, but I don't know if it's called amplexus when they do it. Sacredwombat 01:19, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- I doubt that is amplexus. It would have to be the same process as in the frogs, and the frogs obviously don't do the male-male thing, as the eggs are laid while in amplexus with the female. Also, if a male grips a male, the male that is gripped will scream, and make the male get off. --liquidGhoul 00:58, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
