{"id":288,"date":"2021-05-14T14:31:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T18:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/languageoflove\/?p=288"},"modified":"2021-05-30T22:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T02:10:56","slug":"imitation-crabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/languageoflove\/imitation-crabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Imitation Crabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Male fiddler crabs <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">flex<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> their enormous one-sided claws to attract the ladies. But these females are not easily convinced by just the size of their claws, their prospective hubbies must be able to wave their claws at top speed. In this episode, we uncover the mysteries of this strange courtship behavior by investigating Dr. Sophie Mowles&rsquo;s study, where she used robotic claws that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">imitate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the waving patterns of these tiny critters.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-288-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/languageoflove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2021\/05\/podcast-final.mp3?_=1\"><\/source><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/languageoflove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2021\/05\/podcast-final.mp3\">https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/languageoflove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2021\/05\/podcast-final.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-16\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"16\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Transcript\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><strong>FURTHER READINGS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2017.0695\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robotic crabs reveal that female fiddler crabs are sensitive to changes in male display rate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biology Letters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/pdf\/S0960-9822(06)01015-3.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Background Article on fiddler crabs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<em>Current Biology<\/em>)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J2m_XSArIEo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NYT Interview with Dr. Mowles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<em>The New York Times<\/em>)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSDXJr-WXFI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why Fiddler Crabs Have Such Giant Claws<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nova PBS)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male fiddler crabs flex their enormous one-sided claws to attract the ladies. But these females are not easily convinced by just the size of their claws, their prospective hubbies must be able to wave their claws at top speed. 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