Scientists have used a robotic crab to show that female fiddler crabs prefer males who can wave off the competition. Reporter: Jennifer Carpenter Male crabs wave their large claws Click to hear the ...
As odd as it may sound, this is a typical female choice trial that fiddler crabs undergo at the hands of behavioural ecologists with robotic crab technology. With eyes atop vertical stalks and ...
Researchers have used robotic crabs to show that female fiddler crabs prefer males who can "out-wave" their neighbours. Male crabs advertise their quality as a potential mate to passing females by ...
Scientists have used a robotic crab to show that female fiddler crabs prefer males who can wave off the competition. Male crabs attract passing females by waving their large yellow claws. If a female ...