Scientists in Australia use robotic crab claws to explore the attributes female fiddler crabs look for in a mate.
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…am I crab? Oh god Itโs true.
Oh. I thought it was gonna be a cyborg crab with a prosthetic robot claw
Just you wait until the make duplicates of us! Lol ๐
Isn't it just as simple as "Hey!!!! Come over here!!!!!" ๐ฆ ๐ฆ
Females prefer males with "bigger claws".
So if I wave my hand in the air like that, and I even have a long hand, will I get a girlfriend? ๐ค
Lol.yes females do prefer males with larger claws .wtf
Then come the wonderful times – and the robots will learn to copy the person … and a robot could double for a real person …
I'm going to buy a giant crab claw and see my chances in the bar scene
pinjem ah, robot nya,,,,?
a crab is me
Cucked by a robot. Again.
What's the point of this research?
I have my third claw really fast but no female comes. Guess I don't have the right size yet. Jajaja
Love your videos.
"What's a robut?"
Finally, science develops something for lonely crabs