Fiddler crabs see the polarisation of light and this gives them the edge when it comes to spotting potentials threats, such as a rival crab or a predator. Now researchers at the University of Bristol have begun to unravel how this information is processed within the crab’s brain. The study, published in Science Advances today, has discovered that when detecting approaching objects, fiddler crabs separate polarisation and brightness information.
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Source: Phys.org