Weird Noto dance

[Otterwoman]

I just saw one of my Notos doing a weird little dance. I never saw this before. It did it on it's own while another was watching (I'm guessing the dancer was a male and the watcher was a female, but they're not totally in their mating garb yet, in my tank they usually develop those attributes in December and start mating in later December and January). Maybe they're just starting. Anyway, I grabbed my camera and made a few videos. They are rather grainy, but you can see what's going on.
It is my first movies with this new camera and I think I was too close, whatever.
They are on YouTube and here are links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HujlC0n5IhU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m634MIvXrs


But do I remember reading that we can now upload videos to this site? I looked in the gallery and didn't see anything about it. Did I misread it, or can we? If so, can someone point me in the right direction?

 

[Otterwoman]

Look at THIS one!!

I just added another. I just saw them doing this:
It reminded me of thumb wrestling! Anyway, I have never seen them act aggressively!
I may have to separate them! This is a new one on me. (Though I hardly profess to having seen it all).

See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_RDEDr3jKI

 

[Azhael]

Both look rather normal to me...the first dance i´ve seen it in other species, and the wrestling well....it´s normal to fight back if someone tries to put their cloaca on your face xD
Nice videos btw, always fun to watch newts n_n

 

[Otterwoman]

Thanks, Rodrigo. Yes, I've seen the dance in videos of other species, I didn't know Notos did it.
Some people on this site have made great videos of this behavior in European newts. Can't think of names right now.
Then I thought he was laying his spermatophore, but maybe I just have spermatophores on the brain since Juraj's great picture.
Normally when I've seen a male amplex another male, they just sit there and endure it.

 

[lims]

I made one of lisotriton vulgaris tail fanning and darting out in front of the female to block her path, but I think its a bit amature now, I'm going to make a new one in Feburary.