Fiddler Crabs
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
Fiddler Crabs
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Lyuba Filatova
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Fiddler Crab is a small amphibious crab, the males of which have one greatly enlarged claw which they wave in territorial display and courtship. Fiddler crabs are found along sea beaches and brackish inter-tidal mud flats, lagoons and swamps. Fiddler crabs are most well known for their sexually dimorphic claws; the males’ major claw is much larger than the minor claw while the females’ claws are both the same size. They males can only eat with their tiny claw, not their big one. Fiddlers are one of the most appearent busiest creatures on earth, they are always eating, digging, mating, and running around, never a still moment. If at any time during their life they lose a claw or a leg, they will re-grow it the next time they molt. They can live around 3.5 years in captivaty, that is a while for such a tiny crab. They, like most crabs are decapod, meaning that they have 10 legs. Fiddler crabs change color, in the day-time, they are dark colors, and at night they are pale. They enjoy digging burrows to sleep in and hide in from predators.
This photo was taken in Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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July 26th, 2018
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