Sentences with phrase «on fiddler crabs»
Through personal stories, historical narrative and detailed sketches, biologist Emlen charts the evolution of animal weapons so bizarre and gargantuan, it's amazing they even exist — like the towering antlers on an elk or the enormous claws on fiddler crabs.
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AFRICAN fiddler crabs will put their claws on the line to help defend their neighbours from an intruder — but only because it suits them.
Seasick on large boats and disliking small ones, Rabalais found a land - based marine specialty for her zoology Ph.D.: fiddler crabs.
Clapper rails in particular are highly dependent on the marshes — including fiddler crabs, a dietary staple — and they'll have nowhere to go if the oil arrives.
Fiddler crabs (Uca stenodactylus) live on mudflats, a very reflective environment, and they behave differently depending on the amount of polarisation reflected by objects, the researchers found.
In 2014 he published his findings on the rapid expansion of the fiddler crab, Uca pugnax, into the gulf.