Trang, Tourists flock to see the unusually colorful “Finger Claw Crab”. Found during the lowest sea level. Especially the elephant-shaped stone in Tha Kham Subdistrict, Palian District, Trang Province. The most beautiful is the crab with a blue shell and orange legs, creating excitement among tourists.
The fiddler crab has a blue shell and orange legs. Its body size is small, no more than 1.5 centimeters. It can be seen in large numbers at a tourist attraction called “Hin Hua Chang” in the area of ??Tha Kham Subdistrict, Palian District, Trang Province, during periods of high water. The sea dropped to its lowest point every day. both in the morning and in the evening There will be locals and tourists inviting each other to come see the colorful and unusual fiddler crabs. They find food under the mangrove trees. This is a mud beach area with an abundance of minerals, plankton, and animal remains.
There are also fiddler crabs, large claws, black shells with white stripes, orange claws, and white shell crabs.
Distributed everywhere in the mangrove forest. Create color and serve as a good indicator of the abundance of mangrove forests in the area of ??Tha Kham Subdistrict, Trang Province.
For fiddler crabs It is a small sea crab. It has a trapezoid-shaped carapace, long eye stalks, and comes in many colors such as blue, red, grey-black, yellow, and purple. The male has one large claw for intimidating opponents and getting the attention of the female. But now there is a chance that it is at risk of extinction as well. Because it was found that in some areas beautiful fiddler crabs are illegally caught and sold on the black market. Raised for beauty in a glass cabinet. and in various aquariums too.
Source: Thai News Agency
