A study using a robotic crab has revealed how male fiddler crabs compete for mates. These crustaceans vie for the attention of females. The male fiddler crabs use their one oversized claw to attract ...

Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...

A robot crab called “Wavy Dave” has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviours. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw – which they use to attract females by standing outside their ...

The robot, nicknamed "Wavy Dave," infiltrated fiddler crab (Afruca tangeri) communities on the mudflats of southern Portugal and participated in claw-waving contests, during which males wave one ...

A robot crab has helped scientists understand how male fiddler crabs compete over females. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, and they attract females by standing outside their burrow and ...

A robot crab called "Wavy Dave" has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviors. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings ...