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Clawing sexual favours among the fiddlers

5:16 PM Sources: New Zealand Herald
In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published yesterday. Researchers from the Australian National University in Canberra found that male fiddler crabs will happily defend a female neighbour against intruders - partly because the females will dole out sex in return. Michael Jennions and fellow ANU researchers Richard Milner and Patricia Backwell studied the behaviour of fiddler crabs living in mud flats off the Africa  
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