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#crabs

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llewelly

"... they throw a loop of their body around their own neck, very tightly, so imagine, the snake is wearing its own body as a scarf, essentially. "

-- Ben Marshall, on the podcast Herp Highlights:

herphighlights.podbean.com/e/1

#snakes
#crabs
#arthropods
#reptiles

herphighlights.podbean.com105 Creative crab eating snakes | Herpetological HighlightsSnakes eat crabs, and they eat them in some pretty unusual ways.  Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Jayne, B. C., Voris, H. K., & Ng, P. K. L. (2018). How big is too big? Using crustacean-eating snakes (Homalopsidae) to test how anatomy and behaviour affect prey size and feeding performance. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(3), 636–650. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly007 Other Links: Feeding videos of crustacean eating snakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtMR7I38s1U  Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

Love songs in the sand: Researchers listen in to fiddler #crab courtship phys.org/news/2025-04-songs-sa

Constraints on percussive seismic signals in a noisy environment by European #FiddlerCrabs, Afruca tangeri journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

"For fiddler #crabs, vibrational signals are a crucial part of their courtship routines... males with larger claws produced higher-energy seismic signals, with higher amplitude drumming spikes. This appears to prevent the male from being dishonest about their size"

screenshot from a video of crab on sandy beach next to some scientific equipment
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

Study reveals #ToolUse in tropical #fish species phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-

Tool use by New World Halichoeres wrasses link.springer.com/article/10.1

"#Wrasses use hard surfaces, also called 'anvils,' to crack open hard-shelled prey such as #crabs and #mollusks... researchers gathered 16 new observations across five species of #Halichoeres wrasses... suggest the behavior is far more common than previously thought."

underwater photos of 5 different species of colorful fishes
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