Elle (as in "swell"): Look at all these crabs!

Friday, November 28, 2008

Look at all these crabs!

The boldly patterned pom-pom or boxer crab likes to carry live sea anemones in its claws, brandishing them in defense when it feels threatened.

—Photograph by Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore

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