This post is about the short journey
of local fisherman of Mahabalipuram from the time, he has spotted the horse crab
trying to hide itself in the sand till he had caught it successfully. The whole
thing took 5, 6 minutes for it. It was his bread and butter.
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| Trying hard to remove the sand very quickly so that C does not went too deep |
Note: The Horseshoe Crab does not
really give the impression of crab at all. And also, it even does not give the
impression of Horse or shoe. Identifying the origin of its name may be a
challenge. But as we know, Horseshoe is a crab that looks more like a
brother/sister of spiders strangely. The only attribute its shares along with
the Crab family is that it lives near the sea in shallow waters with sandy
bottoms. Also, due to its scary look, it can be quite intimidating for you to hold
it but it is non poisonous.
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| Winner. He is holding the Horseshoe crab but due to my poor photography skills, it is camouflaged. |
You can check my previous Roadside Story here which is about How the Coconut-water seller saved his life in Tsunami.
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