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Ready to Fight
Species: Uca rosea
Besides feeding, the second most common activity among male fiddler crabs is fighting. In combat, the male crabs do not pinch each other; instead they use the claw as a club, and strike each other with them. This rarely results in injury and almost never in death. It's more like a shoving contest, or in comparison to humans, an arm wrestle.


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