{"id":2267,"date":"2013-04-11T12:26:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T19:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2013-04-12T11:16:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:16:07","slug":"pic-of-the-day-orangutan-crab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/?p=2267","title":{"rendered":"Pic of the Day – Orangutan Crab"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orangutan Crab – Oncinopus sp 1<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

So by now you might be thinking – whassup with the roll call of crustaceans? Is this chick crabby or what?<\/p>\n

There is something you might not know about me – I get on a thing (Words With Friends, the completely, totally, awesome Houzz app, cranking through the editing of a trip’s images, reading a certain author, creating a slideshow, planting a garden, yada, yada), and I can become a wee bit obsessed for a time. It might be a mild form of OCD, or just the machinations of a highly focussed mind ;^)<\/p>\n

So, right now, I am a bit hooked on crabs.<\/p>\n

There are so many varieties, especially in the Tropical Pacific. I like to take pictures of crustaceans, and I have quite a lot of stock to share. And I love crabs – somehow, these crusty little critters seem to project personality.<\/p>\n

Today’s crab – the weird and wonderful Orangutan Crab – is just such an animal. Usually found on bubble corals, they look just so, I don’t know, grumpy and belligerent, that they charm me.<\/p>\n

This guy is more Chewbacca than crab. Hairy, leggy, red eyes on stems – it could be a creature from another world.<\/p>\n

The Orangutan Crab has a carapace (its ‘shell’) that is about 3\/4 of an inch across. With its spindly legs, it takes up a couple of inches of real estate on the reef. Every time I see a bubble coral (which is a cool looking thing – soft, gel-like cells of coral, all in a cluster) I have a look for one of these guys. And sometimes, if you are really lucky, you might even find a pair…<\/p>\n

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The Orangutan crabs in this post were captured (with the camera) at the famous Cannibal Rock, in the area of Komodo, Indonesia. I’ve also seen them in Fiji and Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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