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AbstractScopimera globosa, a small ocypodid crab, rhythmically raises and lowers its body and both chelae in a waving display when it is not interacting directly with another individual. To determine whether waving is a social signal and to deduce its possible function, we manipulated the sex and density of crabs in a field enclosure and recorded the waving frequency of males. Males with abundant...