Photo 74659539, (c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Lee

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Source iNaturalist NZ
Associated observations

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What

New Zealand Sentinel Crab (Hemiplax hirtipes)

Observer

shaun-lee

Date

May 24, 2020 02:24 PM NZST

Description

The kingfisher is dropping large amount of crab legs (but no obvious crab carapace's) at the base of its hunting perch. Some legs seem to be bound up in pellets so I assume thats how they all got here. Are the carapace's of mud crabs thinner / easier to digest? Or is there another behaviour here I am missing.

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