Red-fingered Marsh Crab (Sesarma erythrodactyla)
Adult male semaphore crab (Heloecius cordiformis)
Juvenile semaphore crabs (Heloecius cordiformis)
After years of using the Internet and thinking it was well and truly over-hyped, I have finally discovered its wonders.
I wander out with my camera and see things which I had never before bothered to notice. I post their photos to Flickr and always there is someone there who has the generosity, kindness and knowledge to identify the pretty things I have brought home.
So here are three pictures, collected on my visit to Patonga Creek, identified by a lady living in the US who is nuts and knowledgeable about crabs. Identified within just a few hours.
And the story is the same for my botanical specimens: no sooner do I post an unidentified plant, than answers are supplied, by an army of generous and knowledgeable people. And I wonder about their demographic. Are they, like me, superannuated baby-boomers, enjoying the community provided by this amazing web?
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