“…Male fiddler crabs adjust their waving rates based on several factors, including male–male competition, receiver female body size and distance to the females. Male fiddler crabs wave slowly when the intensity of competition is low, females are small, and when females come very near and show their mating choice (Reading & Backwell, ; Tina, ; Tina et al, ). However, though small males spend less time and energy on courting females, they spend more time on feeding (Callander et al, ; Tina et al, ), perhaps because greater investment in feeding increases their growth rate and future reproductive success (Hasaba et al, ; Muramatsu, ; Tejedo, ).…”