Fiddler Crab (Uca perplexa)

Subject:

In a Balinese mangrove swamp a male Fiddler Crab (Uca perplexa) is waving his enormous claw (Propodus) to impress and attract a female. Only the males of these semi-terrestrial crabs possess a giant claw.

Technique:

To synchronize the movement of the crab’s claw with the music we removed the video frames of the crab’s inactivity in between movements. Later we added a repeat effect to enhance the motion of the claw.

Filming location:

This short underwater videoclip has been filmed in Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩

More on this topic:

For another in-depth description about Fiddler Crabs please go to our vlog post 160 or click on this link: https://www.beyondscuba.com/post/tetragonal-fiddler-crab-gelasimus-tetragonon

and vlog post 172 or click on https://www.beyondscuba.com/post/an-orchestra-of-east-african-fiddler-crabs-cranuca-occidentalis

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