The Shore Crab of the East African coast is an active day time scavenger and are seen scampering around the rocks and coral reef


The Shore Crab of the East African coast is an active day time scavenger and are seen scampering around the rocks and coral reef where it leaves its sheltering crevasses as the waves riseand fall with the tides. They are scavengers and eat all sorts of animals and vegetable detritus.


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Location: Zanzibar, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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