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    That is funny I have heard of frogs croaking at the sound of the vacuum and certain things on the TV, so your frog isn't totally strange hehe
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    I have the same experience with my little male WTF Paul. He'll randomly croak (always during the day) when I'm vaccuming, playing Video Games, watching action movies, or just randomly when I'm on the computer and the room is silent. It's funniest when he croaks when I have a lot of people over and we're all talking at once, it's like he wants us to share some of the attention. XD;

    Not sure what makes them do it...

    And btw, I have two Tiger Legged Monkey Tree Frogs named Apollo and Artemis, what a coincidence.
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    White's Tree frogs are known to croak when there is a change in the atmospheric pressure, in other words when there is a storm in the forecast. Nearly every time before it rained or during a storm, my White's tree frog would croak. However, sometimes my frog does croak to the sound of the vacuum or to heavy static on the radio. There could be a certain frequencies in those certain noises that we humans are not sensitive to, that white's are able to detect. Those frequencies could be the same frequencies that are found in a White's call. For a project on frog vocalizations, I have played back calls that I recorded of my White's; every time he responds back to his own calls. It's pretty interesting to watch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frogluver View Post
    For a project on frog vocalizations, I have played back calls that I recorded of my White's; every time he responds back to his own calls. It's pretty interesting to watch.
    That's very interesting information...I had a theory that there were sounds that we couldn't hear that call for the frogs to respond. Also, what you said above about playing back your frog's own calls...that might explain why my little guy won't respond to any other frog's croak. I think I've played youtube videos of White's croaking about a dozen times with only one response. And right after he's done croaking, he won't do it again for some time. Very weird.
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    I can get my white's to start calling by imitating their call myself...i have too much time on my hands.
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    You should record your imitated call and post it on here so we can all hear it lololol !!

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    My WTFs when a storm is coming in : Whites Tree Frogs at Play 5-24-2011 - YouTube
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    1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
    1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kisa View Post
    That's very interesting information...I had a theory that there were sounds that we couldn't hear that call for the frogs to respond. Also, what you said above about playing back your frog's own calls...that might explain why my little guy won't respond to any other frog's croak. I think I've played youtube videos of White's croaking about a dozen times with only one response. And right after he's done croaking, he won't do it again for some time. Very weird.
    That is very peculiar and interesting.

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    My male use to start calling to a certain Tim McGraw song... though I can't remember which one now. I can also get him to start calling to a recording that I found online here. I'll have to google it. I'm not sure what the policy is on posting links? Then he randomly croaks through out the day and my two year old tries to imitate it. It's too funny.

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    Here's a few frog recording to experiment with:

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