Daily Travel Photo: Vibrant Beach Crab
Multi-colored Beach Crab
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Found this vibrant & flashy looking crab avoiding the rising tide while walking back from a surfing session in the waves at Popoyo Beach. I immediately ran to my room, grabbed my camera, put it in a dry bag, and proceeded to swim back across the flooded river I needed to cross to take a photo of him before he disappeared.
I think he wanted to fight me. 
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That’s one colorful crustacean. A bunch of those would make a great outfit for Lady GaGa. If they could hold on long enough, that is. It almost looks like it’s trying to break dance. You say you were walking back from a surfing session. Was that before or after dirt biking, SCUBA diving, beach camping, or drinking rum I can’t buy here? I just wanted to be clear on this.
Before dirt biking… the crab and I were dancing for a bit to get the right shot.
Umm – Think crab cakes with nice lump crab meat.
Sounds tasty!
He’s even more colorful than the Sally Crabs I saw in the Galapagos!
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Lucky to get this shot! I first saw these little guys in Manuel Antonio and I could only manage to get half their bodies in mid-scurry.
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I had him cornered against a cliff wall. He had nowhere to scurry!