Wow, talk about eye-popping colors on this crab! According to galapagosconservation.org.uk, Sally Lightfoot crabs are "found in the Galapagos Islands and across the western coast of South and Central America. They have an extremely generalist diet, feeding on anything from sea lion placenta to other crabs. This makes them an important part of the ecosystem, as they provide services such as keeping the shore clean of any organic debris and eating ticks off marine iguanas. They are rumoured to have been named after a Caribbean dancer, due to their agility in jumping from rock to rock, their ability to run in four directions and their capacity to climb up vertical slopes. This extreme agility makes them very difficult to catch."
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Eye-Popping Colors On A Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos National Park
Kurt Repanshek
Thursday, May 18, 2023
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