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Dennis Ferraro of the University of Nebraska has released a new CD of field recordings, “Frog Calls of Nebraska”. From Extension.

Herpetologist Dennis Ferraro says frog songs are all about attracting a mate. Male frogs produce a simple bass line to say they’re in their own territory and a higher-pitched melody to coax females to come over.

Sounds like the frogs have a pretty good formula there. Actually, it doesn’t seem all that different than how James Brown put a song together.

Dennis looks like he’s having fun there. Click here to listen to a sample of the Plains Spadefoot Toad.