18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Spider crab aggregation

While diving at Lundy Island in the UK i came across a large aggregation of spider crabs. I creeped closer and closer to them in order to compose the image i was after and then suddenly this crab jumped back and raised it's claws in the air.

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Date Taken: 08.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Ilfracombe, United Kingdom
Copyright: © Grant Thomas