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What

Horned Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalmus)

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

August 19, 2016 06:08 AM HST

Description

Went crabbin' on the beach at dawn. Lots of burrows, some quite large, but no crabs out and about. One burrow I looked down had some legs visible, so I dug furiously after it as it dug itself deeper, until it popped out of the sand to make a run for it and I caught it in a plastic box. Photo taken through the side of the box. The crab was pretty pissed! Lots of scrabbling in the box and it took off like the wind when I let it go.

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