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blue crab Christmas Island by lbmcshutter
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blue crab Christmas Island

16th January 2011 16th Jan 11

Megan Richardson

@lbmcshutter
For me photography is so much about memories, so many shots transport me back to not just the moment I took the shot, but the...
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Alan Warren
It looks like a little soldier crab. How big is this one?
January 17th, 2011  
Barbora Stredova
Nice Makro
January 17th, 2011  
Rebekah Esme.
ahh thats fantastic! i like
January 17th, 2011  
Megan Richardson
This guy was probably about 25cm across the shell. There are about 23 species of land crabs here on CI, these ones were quite shy - disappearing into burrows in the forest floor when I approached.
January 17th, 2011  
Alan Warren
@lbmcshutter That is huge! It really does look like a soldier crab from Nudgee Beach - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattlong1970/5279729420/in/photostream/
January 17th, 2011  
Megan Richardson
OK seems I am no judge of size - checked out a ruler and realised it was probably 25cm across including legs maybe 10-12cm cross the carapace
January 18th, 2011  
Alan Warren
LOLAE! That's still a fair bit bigger than a soldier crab.
January 18th, 2011  
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