Crustaceans
Crustaceans
Articles tagged with "Crustaceans"
Why do crabs walk sideways? Scientists trace it back 200 million years
Scientists have uncovered new clues about how crabs developed their distinctive sideways movement. A new study, released as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, brings together the largest dataset yet on how crabs move.
New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them alive
A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that lobsters feel pain, with the crustaceans seemingly responding to electrical shocks with emotional distress.
Is boiling a live lobster cruel? Why the debate is heating up
England is the latest country to introduce legislation to ban the boiling of live lobsters, turning up the heat on a long-simmering animal cruelty debate.
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
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?
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?
Why do crabs walk sideways? Scientists trace it back 200 million years
Scientists have uncovered new clues about how crabs developed their distinctive sideways movement. A new study, released as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, brings together the largest dataset yet on how crabs move.
New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them alive
A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that lobsters feel pain, with the crustaceans seemingly responding to electrical shocks with emotional distress.
Is boiling a live lobster cruel? Why the debate is heating up
England is the latest country to introduce legislation to ban the boiling of live lobsters, turning up the heat on a long-simmering animal cruelty debate.
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
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?
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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