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Bo Zarts

(25,593 posts) Mon Mar 25, 2024, 02:05 PM Mar 2024

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas Gulf Coast - February 2024
©2024 Bo Zarts Studio

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Whooping Crane with Breakfast (Original Post) Bo Zarts Mar 2024 OP

What is it eating? Delphinus Mar 2024 #1

I think it's a crab sorcrow Mar 2024 #2

It's a crab without the claws. Bo Zarts Mar 2024 #3

(12,125 posts)

1. What is it eating?

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 02:07 PM

Mar 2024

I don't recognize it.

(502 posts)

2. I think it's a crab

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 02:23 PM

Mar 2024

But, by golly, it looks like a gargantuan tick. Yuck.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

(25,593 posts)

3. It's a crab without the claws.

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 02:32 PM

Mar 2024

The Whoopers shake the claws off as soon as they get the crab out of the water. The crabs don't go down without a fight!