Swarming red crabs documented on video

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 09:31 in Biology & Nature

A research team studying biodiversity at the Hannibal BankSeamount off the coast of Panama has captured unique video of thousands of red crabs swarming in low-oxygen waters just above the seafloor. Jesús Pineda, a biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and chief scientist on the cruise, called the encounter unexpected and mesmerizing. The researchers […]

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