tags: fiddler crabs, marine life, photography, Image of the Day
Fiddler crabs, photographed at Bolivar Flats, Texas,
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 August 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200 ,Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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Nancy Fiddler with her mastodon skeleton
photo by Robert Galbraith
Researchers have long known that female fiddler crabs have a certain appreciation for the size of a mate's claw, but new findings suggest that in at least one species, the design of the male's pad is also important.
That's a lot of Uca.
C'mon, GS, you don't fool me. If these are Fiddler crabs, where are the fiddles? Huh? Huh? Huh?
Now if you could work Fiddler crabs and Oliver Sacks into the same blog, we could at least get a little Sacks and Violins to spice things up....
i'm a fiddler crab! shoot me! what're you waiting for?! it's fiddler crab season!!
i am sure the birds went crazy with all this fresh crab meat available to them (and i'd guess, fresh crab eggs as well).
i'm a fiddler crab! shoot me! what're you waiting for?! it's fiddler crab season!!
I thought of that quote too when I saw the picture, its from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. I thought I would be the only person who knew it!
The source of the quote:
Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck!_Rabbit!_Duck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3jfppdGLY