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Spotted Moon Crab

Photo by matthew4
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Field Notes

Notes:

Unlike other native crabs, this crab acts dead once picked up.
Beware of the thorny exoskeleton and it drew blood when I attempted to pick it up.

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Scott Frazier
Yes I thought, "what's that Wayang Kulit (shadow puppet) play doing on here?"
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2012

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