virtual tour of chek jawa

Mating Flower crabs (Portunus pelagicus)
The bright blue male is on top of the duller coloured female. Like other crabs,
they can only mate after the female has moulted. This male is probably holding
onto the female as she is about to moult or she has just moulted and he is
making sure no other male mates with her.
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