on the banks of Pumpkin Creek, there are so many fiddler crabs when the tide is out. They really are quite funny to watch, posturing and carrying on. O
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Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/Sound-science...Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound - Critter of the Month blogs at: ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Search?tag=7&category=2
Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
Caribbean Spiny Lobsters,Panulirus argus, in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park (a no-take marine reserve) seem to show no fear of humans. This big daddy was out in the open moving from coral head to coral across powdery white oolitic sand.
Washington State Department of Ecology
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Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/Sound-science...Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound - Critter of the Month blogs at: ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Search?tag=7&category=2