A study has 'listened in' to the fascinating courtship displays of Fiddler crabs using geophones. The findings provide new insights into how the animals communicate effectively on the noisy seashore.

Fiddler crabs are renowned for their elaborate courtship displays, which involve both visual and vibrational signals that play crucial roles in mate attraction and intraspecific communication. Males ...

The male European fiddler crab attracts his mate by performing a courtship dance. New research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology... Into dudes who drum? You might be a female fiddler ...

Waving and body dropping behaviours of European fiddler crabs. Credit: Tom Mulder. This video is for editorial purposes relating to this press release ONLY and MUST be credited (see file name). It ...

Christy, John H., Backwell, Patricia R. Y., and Schober, Ursula M. 2003. "Interspecific Attractiveness of Structures Built by Courting Male Fiddler Crabs: Experimental Evidence of a Sensory Trap." ...

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