Being a couch potato could have led to marital bliss in mantis shrimps
Sunday, January 4, 2015 - 22:00
in Biology & Nature
Being monogamous is an advantage for mantis shrimp, helping them to avoid predators, new research shows. A study shows that social monogamy, where one lives and shares resources with a single partner for an extended period of time, is rare in nature. So why did it evolve at all?