Urine sprays during courtship send mixed messages

Monday, March 29, 2010 - 19:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Walking through urine drives crayfish into an aggressive sexual frenzy. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology suggest that a urine-mediated combination of aggressive and reproductive behaviour ensures that only the strongest males get to mate.

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