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soldier crab
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soldier crab
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
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Later we strolled across the beach and were amazed by the sight of vast armies of soldier crabs marching sideways across the sand.
ON THE BUSHTUCKER TRAIL; HOTSPOTS 2006 Australia Visit Fraser Island ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Soldier crabs walk forwards, not sideways, like other crabs.
Crabs by Science Weekly
 
 
 
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