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He wondered whether males might be attracted to larger females, but the turtles\u2019 skittish nature\u2014and the fact that they mate on the floor of the lake\u2014made observation tricky.<\/p>\n<p>Read this story in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2018\/04\/here-s-what-happens-when-you-replace-toads-and-turtles-3d-printed-replicas-wild?fbclid=IwAR2jMDJ_822h026kVhvKULx-wOtvOC_WfyY-SD6GYmSZZzD1Lims727DT1g\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7823\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs3-240x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs3-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs3-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs3-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs3-360x202.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs3.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University Biologist Gr\u00e9gory Bult\u00e9, is using 3D printing to answer a question that\u2019s been bugging him for more than a decade. Bult\u00e9 studies northern map turtles, whose females can grow to twice the length of males. He wondered whether males might be attracted to larger females, but the turtles\u2019 skittish nature\u2014and the fact that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gr\u00e9gory Bult\u00e9 uses 3D-printed replicas of turtles to learn about their mating behaviour - Department of Biology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carleton University Biologist Gr\u00e9gory Bult\u00e9, is using 3D printing to answer a question that\u2019s been bugging him for more than a decade. 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