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In Australia’s mangrove-lined mudflats and estuaries live armour-plated mud-dwellers with massive bone-crunching claws – giant mud crabs (Scylla serrata)! 🦀
Once thought to be a small-ranging inshore inhabitant, recent tracking has found egg-bearing females venturing 100km or more from their estuaries, while prawn trawlers have hauled them up in nets more than 50km offshore.
So, why are these crabs travelling so far from home? See what scientists speculate… https://ausgeo.co/mudcrabs
📷 Ria Tan
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