i found myself admiring the delicate beauty of the striations on this crab’s back, and then i found myself feeling bad about the two left rear legs it lost before it washed up in a tide pool in collioure france. and then i checked wikipedia and saw a photo of a ghost crab feasting on one of the most adorable animals in the entire world–a loggerhead turtle hatchling, and i found myself thinking, hmmm. too bad about those back legs, you little monster.

crab (ghost crab? speckled crab? sand crab?)

mediterranean coast, near collioure, france