The mating call of the Smoky Jungle Frog heard at night in Drake Bay, Costa Rica.

"They are Costa Rica's largest frog species and second largest amphibian. During their mating season, Smoky Jungle Frog males will generally call from swampy areas, the edges of ponds, or marshes. Sometimes they will call from their underground burrows. Their call is a very loud "whroop!" which is repeated every few seconds. Males are easily distinguished at this time because their arms become very swollen and they develop spikes near each thumb and two on their chest. The spikes are used in territorial clashes with other males as well as to better grasp females during mating. If a female is attracted into a male's territory they will mate right there.  
Females normally lay about 1000 eggs. As she is laying her eggs and the male is fertilizing them, with his back legs he will whip up a huge foamy nest. This foam is made up of eggs, sperm, toxic skin mucous, air and water and may measure up to 7 liters in volume. 
The foamy nest will protect the eggs from predators and dehydration and will also provide the tadpoles with some nutrition after they hatch. Once they do hatch, tadpoles will normally be washed out of the nest during a heavy rain. They develop in stagnant bodies of water where they feed on other tadpoles, including their own species, frog eggs and vegetable matter. It will take the tadpoles about 28 days to complete their metamorphosis and emerge from the water as tiny froglets. If they can avoid predation, Smoky Jungle Frogs may live up to 15 years." 
[source: www.thenighttour.com/alien1/leptodactylus_savagei.htm]

Smoky Jungle Frog

A woman practices her saxophone on a Sunday afternoon in Shanghai's Fuxing Island Park.

Saxophone Practice in the Park

Sounds unknown inside a shopping mall in Shanghai, China.

Broken Mall

Jujubes Are in Season

Women do the dishes on the street outside my guesthouse on Gouqi Island.

Gouqi Island

A group of musicians practice near the entrance to Reed Flute Cave in Guilin, China.

Band Practice in The Park

An antiques dealer sets up his stall at the morning antiques market in Jingdezhen. The shards come from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Another man watches him while listening to livestreams on his phone.

Sorting Through Shards

A vendor's megaphone plays on loop at the antiques market in Jingdezhen, China.

Jingdezhen Food Vendor

Saxophone jam at Huashan Park in Shanghai on a Saturday night.

Saxophones

A recording from the Museum of Soviet Arcade Games in St. Petersburg, Russia of the Sea Battle ("Morskoi Boi") game pictured here. Recorded December 2019.

Soviet Arcade Game

Can Tho, Vietnam

Hot tunes and field recordings.

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