Bonaire: Crab & Flounder Mystery
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:21 pm
Why would a crab chase a flounder? Why would the flounder chase the crab?
Last month in Bonaire, we watched a Flame Box Crab and a Peacock Flounder chase each other. We watched for 10 minutes as they went back and forth. I got some of it on video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqU0gWx ... e=youtu.be
Why are they behaving like that? They seem too evenly matched to eat each other. Could the flounder be hoping the crab will stir something up(something that happens at 6:30 in the video)? But they why does the crab sometimes follow the flounder?
This was at Bari Reef in about 12 feet of water.
Any information much appreciated,
Carl
Last month in Bonaire, we watched a Flame Box Crab and a Peacock Flounder chase each other. We watched for 10 minutes as they went back and forth. I got some of it on video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqU0gWx ... e=youtu.be
Why are they behaving like that? They seem too evenly matched to eat each other. Could the flounder be hoping the crab will stir something up(something that happens at 6:30 in the video)? But they why does the crab sometimes follow the flounder?
This was at Bari Reef in about 12 feet of water.
Any information much appreciated,
Carl