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Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot ...
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Jennions and fellow ANU researchers Richard Milner and Patricia Backwell studied the behavior of fiddler crabs living in mud flats off the African country of Mozambique in October and November ...
Male fiddler crabs are lopsided, with one claw that seems about the right size and one very large claw. As you might expect, one function of the larger claw is to attract females.
The sighting, he thought, was very strange. Fiddler crabs weren’t supposed to be north of Cape Cod, let alone Boston. The year was 2012, and a marine heatwave had just occurred.
Male fiddler crabs have giant claws to defend themselves, but the researchers wanted to see how female crabs — which only have two small feeding claws — protect their homes.
The sighting, he thought, was very strange. Fiddler crabs weren’t supposed to be north of Cape Cod, let alone Boston. The year was 2012, and a marine heatwave had just occurred.
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