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 ...

媒体英语会带大家一起学习 BBC 撰稿人在报道世界大事时常用到的单词和短语。 Background: 招潮蟹在英语里被称为 fiddle crab. 这是因为它们拥有一只特别大的螯，就像小提琴一样。现在科学家们采用了一个机械螃蟹来说明雌蟹喜欢那些能够以最大舞蹈动作来显佩 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...