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Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs

Researchers have built a robot crab that can compete in claw-waving displays with real fiddler crabs, but "Wavy Dave" doesn't always come out unscathed.

Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs

Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself

Mantis shrimps pack a powerful punch — and scientists have finally figured out how this super-strong strike doesn't obliterate the shrimps themselves as they lash out.

Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself

Do crabs feel pain?

Crabs are often boiled alive prior to being eaten. The logic has been that crabs do not feel pain because they lack the brain regions responsible for processing pain. But is that the case — or can crabs feel pain?

Do crabs feel pain?
Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs

Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs

Researchers have built a robot crab that can compete in claw-waving displays with real fiddler crabs, but "Wavy Dave" doesn't always come out unscathed.

Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself

Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself

Mantis shrimps pack a powerful punch — and scientists have finally figured out how this super-strong strike doesn't obliterate the shrimps themselves as they lash out.

Do crabs feel pain?

Do crabs feel pain?

Crabs are often boiled alive prior to being eaten. The logic has been that crabs do not feel pain because they lack the brain regions responsible for processing pain. But is that the case — or can crabs feel pain?

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