Claws!
A male West-African fiddler crab (Afruca tangeri) trying to make an impression in the muddy floor of a Tavira salina.
These crabs are noticeably increasing in numbers in the salinas and along the shores of the Ria Formosa. Their burrowing activities - 5cm holes up to 1m long - are undermining the earth banks between salinas causing them to collapse.
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Uploaded on December 10, 2023
Taken on November 6, 2023
Claws!
A male West-African fiddler crab (Afruca tangeri) trying to make an impression in the muddy floor of a Tavira salina.
These crabs are noticeably increasing in numbers in the salinas and along the shores of the Ria Formosa. Their burrowing activities - 5cm holes up to 1m long - are undermining the earth banks between salinas causing them to collapse.
212
views
7
faves
2
comments
Uploaded on December 10, 2023
Taken on November 6, 2023