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Uca arcuata (Fiddler crab)

One of the signs in the Hong Kong Wetlands park had the scientific name for this species. Notice it has one big pincer for fighting and impressing the ladies and a small claw for eating.


Camera: Nikon D2x
Date: Sunday, November 5th, 2006 at 12:08 PM
Exposure: 1/50 sec at f2.8
ISO: 100 asa
Lens: 80-200mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S Zoom-Nikkor at 100mm
(equivalent field of view of a 150mm lens on a 35mm camera)
With cropping (you see 22% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 316mm lens on a 35mm camera
Photographer: John Harvey
Region: Asia, East Asia, China, Hong Kong, Mai Po Marshes
Scientific Name: species related to Uca arcuata (Fiddler crab)
Tag: mud, Mai Po Nature Reserve, crab
Larger image: 1333 x 2000
Raw image: 1354 x 2031

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