Tree-climbing crabs (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Tree-climbing crabs

Caption

Some crabs can live in land or in freshwater, while others can climb trees and live in water ponds, in logs or epiphyte plants, facilitating their preservation in tree resins.

Credit

Javier Luque (Harvard University)

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