Monday, April 26, 2010

Red Crab

The beautiful Red beach crab at Sunderban mangrove forest reserve. 'Suderban' is the world's largest mangrove forest over the Bay of Bengal at the south end of West Bengal and Bangladesh.  Most common wildlife in this area consists of the famous Royal Bengal Tiger, Spotted Deer and this Red Beach Crab.
Look at the interesting thing, the eyes of the crab are fixed over the two 'antenna' sticking out. So the eyes can move in many directions freely! 


More on Sunderban:
http://www.sunderbansnationalpark.com/
http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/portal/page?_pageid=127,723778&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&linkId=1214


Photo: Shankar Sinha, Panskura, WB, India

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