My whisker shrimp fighting

[Snow1576]

I happen to catch my whisker shrimp fighting over a ghost shrimp meal. Its pretty funny. I uploaded it to youtube..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3LaB9ja10

Cant figure out what to put between the yt tags..

[0live]

it's dark, but cool.

makes me wish I had a video camera.

[thebullit]

cool.

[reneeann]

so i take it they didnt live happily ever after

[pixl8r]

so i take it they didnt live happily ever after

That's how most Macrobrachium species go after food. That's not a real fight, more like 'haggling'.

If you've ever seen two dominant, adult male, shrimp with insufficient territory, you'll find limbs and bits quick enough. While not always fatal, an Alpha male is always established.

But, I've also seen adult females take food from an Alpha.