Male Crickets Bribe Their Mates With 'Gummy Bears'
Everybody likes catch presents . It ’s this fact that make gift - giving such an important human body of societal currency : People give presents to keep and reward one another , and use them as apologies , distractions , and bribes . But humans are n’t the only ones who give giving for selfish reason . Anew studyauthored by scientists from the University of Exeter and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and write last week inPLOS ONE , has found that a male cricket ’s postcoital “ nuptial gift ” to his mate is really more of a gift to himself ....