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Curious ...

Posted by
Baldwin VW (Bejuma, Venezuela) on 30 June 2013 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Scientific name: Paguroidea. This hermit crab was climbing a tree, never saw this curious behavior before

Canon PowerShot G9 1/250 second F/4.0 ISO 100 8 mm

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Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

I see I am right. Cancer climbing a tree.

30 Jun 2013 5:47am

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Super capture

30 Jun 2013 6:57am

christine from schoten, Belgium

Misschien te lang in de hete zon gezeten :o). Schitterende foto! Ik wens je een aangename zondag.

30 Jun 2013 7:50am

kiwisa from North Shore, New Zealand

Beautiful photoraph, I never knew they could climb trees either.

30 Jun 2013 8:06am

daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany

Oh my, what a huge guy! Crabs on trees? Sounds like a horror movie :D

30 Jun 2013 8:10am

Martine from bousval, Belgium

Hoooo pas croyable!!!! trop belle ta photo!!!!

30 Jun 2013 9:09am

Reinald Van De Walle from Vigo, Spain

De verdad climbing? No sabía que pudieran hacerlo!! Y está muy bien macroada ;-)

30 Jun 2013 2:19pm

@Reinald Van De Walle: Fuimos a patanemo el jueves y lo vimos subiendo al arból, estaba como a metro y medio del suelo ... Primera vez.

aaanouel from Heredia, Costa Rica

Muy buena foto B. tremendo ermitaño!
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30 Jun 2013 2:22pm

Don from United States

A fine closeup of this unusual behavior. Nice detail!

30 Jun 2013 2:34pm

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quel crable sur l'arbre ces tons ces pinces sueprbe vue.
amitié

30 Jun 2013 2:41pm

Lena from San Francisco, United States

Wow ! what's that ? I never seen it before, great macro, well seen, thanks for sharing...

30 Jun 2013 3:37pm

Alan44 from Saint Nazaire, Loire Atlantique, France

Une belle proxygraphie pour cet étrange animal marin.

30 Jun 2013 4:39pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

Excellent close up - lots of interesting texture here

30 Jun 2013 6:20pm

Monik from PARIS, France

Incroyable et superbe photo. Merci pour ce partage, Baldwin!

30 Jun 2013 7:24pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

very artistic

30 Jun 2013 8:10pm

L'angevine from Angers, France

intéressant l'effet et aussi cette mise au point

1 Jul 2013 7:49am

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

He seems to know where he's going. Cool shot.

1 Jul 2013 11:35pm

Hilde V. Morin from Portland, United States

Uuuuy, ésta está de película...me gusta como procesaste los bordes.

2 Jul 2013 6:08am

Canon PowerShot G9
1/250 second
F/4.0
ISO 100
8 mm

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