“This study shows, for the first time, that in exchange for sex and other benefits, males protect their female neighbors from territory-seeking male intruders. The paper provides the first evidence of ‘defense coalitions’ between territorial males and females,” he said.

We’re not talking Third-World countries here, folks. Nope. The pimps are male fiddler crabs. Seriously.

Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found male fiddler crabs will happily defend a nearby female against intruders — partly because the females will dole out sex in return.

I intended to write something wickedly clever about this news. But, really, I’m more intrigued by the fact that there are researchers who pay attention to the private lives of fiddler crabs.