crab of the day 🦀

stay crabby my friends

fun fact: i could not find a single fun fact on this boring ass crab. sorry!

fun fact: they're not really that green. bit disappointed tbh

fun fact: "cryptolithodes" means "hidden stone", like how they camouflage in their rock habitats!

fun fact: they are very graceful!

fun fact: they've been observed eating ticks off tropical iguanas, in an act of cleaning symbiosis! an unlikely friendship 🦎❤️🦀

fun fact: when they tuck their limbs in, they look like a box, hence the name!

fun fact: this species was only discovered 2 years ago!

fun fact: like the name suggests, they're super toxic to humans if eaten!

fun fact: they form little crab armies while feeding! i don't know why i'm not wikipedia

fun fact: they're called that because they look like a pebble :)

fun fact: these aggressive crabs are packed in soap dishes when being shipped to pet shops, to stop them from killing eachother!

fun fact: yelow

fun fact: they like to fight other crabs!

fun fact: they change colours to camouflage in their coral habitats!

fun fact: they are endemic to the island of palawan, philippines!