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The Fiddler Crab Dance: a Sexual Rock, Paper, Scissors
"Hey, I'm a synchronized dancer," has never been the best of pick-up lines, and now we know why. A recent study of fiddler crabs has revealed that their characteristic synchronized mating dances to attract a female are all about being off-beat, where the crab that dances most unlike the others is twice as likely to get the girl.
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