Female fiddler crabs like males with stamina

Turns out humans and crustaceans aren't so different after all, as new research has revealed that female crabs prefer mates who can'go the distance'. Fiddler crabs with the energy to keep upping the pace of their courtship displays are the most likely to attract a mate - though they still only last five minutes. Females pick males with an unrelenting dance because they have more stamina, meaning they are better fighters with bigger burrows, experts said. Scientists at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge made the discovery after introducing female fiddler crabs to specially designed waving robot claws. Scientists have found that female fiddler craps prefer mates with stamina.