Heavier Procambarus clarkii have higher success rates in agonistic interactions
Animals in a community are always competing with one another for the resources that the area has to offer such as food, space, and water. Often, this competition can escalate into a violent confrontation. For Procambarus clarkii, these confrontations can result in losses of antennae, limbs, or even lives. To avoid this, clarkii size each other up before engaging in combat to determine if dominance is worth the risk, and may choose to submit to the other if they do not like their odds. Through a series of interactions between several different males, we aimed to find out if weight played a role in each male’s success rate. By running these series of tests and analyzing
Animals in a community are always competing with one another for the resources that the area has to offer such as food, space, and water. Often, this competition can escalate into a violent confrontation. For Procambarus clarkii, these confrontations can result in losses of antennae, limbs, or even lives. To avoid this, clarkii size each other up before engaging in combat to determine if dominance is worth the risk, and may choose to submit to the other if they do not like their odds. Through a series of interactions between several different males, we aimed to find out if weight played a role in each male’s success rate. By running these series of tests and analyzing