Ambilobe male swaying back and forth hard emitting a low but strong vibration in gular

[salty dog]

Anybody else experience this?

 

[kinyonga]

Sort of like a cell phone vibrates only softer?

 

[nightanole]

"alternative mating tactics"

 

[kinyonga]

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1447408?seq=1

 

[salty dog]

Yeah, kinyonga, that information is true!! I mated him yesterday...today he was swaying side to side in a distinct hard movement making a definite vibration, I think it was created from back of the gular where the legs protrude from...very cool!!

 

[kinyonga]

Did you read the second link I provided?oops...it's not showing up....here it is..
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1384&context=stu_hon_theses

 

[salty dog]

Yes, thank you for posting!! I read the article!! I can't beleive there is recorded scientific data on it, very cool!! Chams have a subtle level of sophistication...your article says the cham did that during initiation of and during mating...Yesterday I mated him with a female that was his first mate, I've mated them 3 times now, maybe he likes her...? I tried mating him with another female a few days before and he didn't fully engage like with the one yesterday that I've been mating him with...

 

[kinyonga]

Ken talked to me a few times when he was studying this and couple of other things he thought were part of the mating "ritual" and asked if I would watch my veileds to see if they did the things he was looking at.