The march is on!

[dreamshark]

The annual St. John Soldier Crab march has commenced! Actually, they are hermit crabs. But on St. John they call them soldier crabs. Probably because they keep putting on their little helmets and doing this.

http://www.on-stjohn.com/2013/08/28/the-hermit-crab-march/

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[mle292.livejournal.com]

The link isn't working for me, but that might be a glitch on my end.

Fascinating! I'm curious to know where the photographer is standing.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Fascinating! I'm curious to know where the photographer is standing.

On the back of the Giant Turtle that towed St. John to its present location in the Lesser Antilles.

Or maybe on a rock.

The link works for me, so I don't know what to tell ya'. It's just a link to the blog page that has this same video posted on it, so no big deal. I mostly included it in case the embedded video didn't work for some people.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Freaky! Where are they going? I couldn't tell if it was to or from the water.
The link didn't work for me, either.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

To the sea for the annual orgy. Hermit crabs spend most of their time wandering around in the forest, but they go back to the sea to mate.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!