Science|Science in HS 50 years ago
In June 1972: Usually, only the death of the other party separates the shrimp pair during their mating season.
The pet life of shrimp has been studied at the Max-Planck Institute in West Germany, Seewiesen, southern Germany.
According to behavioral researchers, small aquatic crustaceans “know” each other “personally” during their mating season.
To date, it has been assumed that only larger vertebrates know and distinguish between different individuals. Apparently, invertebrates also “attach” to their mates.
The Seewiesen plant feeds a few thousand shellfish from the Pacific and Indian Oceans in pools.
Scientists found that certain male animals always remain in the vicinity of the same female. This was found to happen, for example, in eight weeks, and in one case the union lasted 105 days.
Although the marked animals were sometimes set apart far apart, they always sought out their right partner and never “felled” in the company of others in search. How seafood “knows” each other is still a mystery, as the actual characteristics cannot be distinguished by man.
Because some of the experiments were done in complete darkness, the sense of smell may affect the “love” of the seafood.
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