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Box crabs hide in the sand and wait to surprise snails

By Susan Scott

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 07, 2013

~~<p>Flounders know that good things come in small boxes. But do they know how hard those boxes can pinch?</p>
<p>That's what I wondered last week as I watched a flowery flounder stalk a box crab. I wanted to tell the fantastic flatfish, so colorful that &quot;peacock&quot; is its other name, &quot;Don't do it! That crab is packing!&quot;</p>
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Flounders know that good things come in small boxes. But do they know how hard those boxes can pinch?

That's what I wondered last week as I watched a flowery flounder stalk a box crab. I wanted to tell the fantastic flatfish, so colorful that "peacock" is its other name, "Don't do it! That crab is packing!" Login for more...



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