The male European fiddler crab attracts his mate by performing a courtship dance. New research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology says that dance isn't just notable for its visuals — it's notable for its vibrations, too.Researchers observed four different stages of the crab's courtship dance, each stage escalating the amount of seismic vibrational output. "It's 'come and find me in my underground house, ladies,'" says Beth Mortimer, a study author and biologist at the University of Oxford. Interested in more seismic vibration communication? Send us an email at [email protected] to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Hey, short wavers. Rachel Carlson here. And Emily Kwong. With our biweekly science news roundup featuring the hosts of All Things Considered. And today we have Elsa Chang.
Hello, hello. Welcome. Thank you for having me. Okay, tell me what I am learning about today.
So first, how fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand.
It'll be so romantic.
And then we have a dinner for you, chicken nuggets, but grown in the lab. Ew.
Yum.
Ew. Okay. And a drug like LSD without the trip. What's the point? You'll see. It's like a very elaborate date provided by science. All that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.
All right, guys, to start us off, tell me all about these fiddler crabs that apparently do not fiddle.
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