Friday, September 4, 2015

Little Creatures

When we were up on the huge battleship in North Carolina back in June, we could see all these little white dots moving around in the mud (we also saw an alligator down there!).  If you look at them here, they kind of look like little white stones.
I couldn't figure out what the little white dots were.  So I used my camera to zoom on in.
What I was seeing in white were the claws of these little crabs.  The brown blended in with the mud from a distance.

Who says cameras are just for taking pictures?

19 comments:

  1. Out on the prairieSeptember 4, 2015 at 7:15 AM

    I use mine to inspect things all the time

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  2. Steve SurrattSeptember 4, 2015 at 9:25 AM

    You must have a good camera, or a good camera on your phone. Nice zooming! I'm a cheap-skate and use "dumb-phones" that don't have very good cameras.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 4, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    One can learn many things from taking pictures! Have a great Labor Day weekend.

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  4. SallySeptember 4, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    Who knew? But, then you found out. Good going, Lisa. :)

    xoxo

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  5. TexWisGirlSeptember 4, 2015 at 1:45 PM

    neat and prehistoric looking! :)

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  6. MaggidSeptember 4, 2015 at 2:19 PM

    I never realized alligators could be found in North Carolina . . . of course, the many times i visited that gorgeous state, the terrain did not look like this picture . . .

    Doesn't it sound like the beginning of a good story - when moving stones become crabs????

    Cool Stuff

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  7. LindaSeptember 4, 2015 at 6:48 PM

    I've used my camera as a telescope more than once!

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  8. MichelleSeptember 4, 2015 at 8:10 PM

    Wow! Pretty cool!

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  9. Tweedles -- that's meSeptember 4, 2015 at 8:33 PM

    A super dooper camera to zoooom that in!! Those claws look powerful!
    love
    tweedles

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  10. Elizabeth EdwardsSeptember 4, 2015 at 11:19 PM

    very cool. trying 2 recall the rules of the waters? i always think it is wild 2 hear folks swim with knowing they could b n the very same waters. would make very nervous! ( ;

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  11. troutbirderSeptember 5, 2015 at 12:35 PM

    Indeed. I took a picture of a bunch gulls once & a closer look on my computer revealed a royal tern mixed in .... a "lifer" for me.

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  12. MontanagirlSeptember 5, 2015 at 5:32 PM

    Good eye! Now ya know! LOL

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2015 at 9:59 AM

    Best regards and wish you a wonderful new week.

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  14. Harry FlashmanSeptember 7, 2015 at 4:46 AM

    I'll bet those things eat up all the dead fish and such in there. Crabs keep waterways pretty clean.

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  15. An Apel a DaySeptember 7, 2015 at 11:28 PM

    My sons would be fascinated!

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  16. AnnetteSeptember 8, 2015 at 4:39 AM

    Oh how cool! I guess I wouldn't want to walk in that swamp/mud anytime soon! I wonder if the alligators like to eat those crabs?!

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  17. UnknownSeptember 8, 2015 at 4:42 PM

    I miss my Canon camera, which was stolen. Nice shots!

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  18. Lexie Loo, Lily, Liam & Dylan TooSeptember 10, 2015 at 4:26 PM

    That's cool! I use mine for that all the time, too!

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  19. Eat To LiveSeptember 11, 2015 at 7:49 PM

    I haven't used my camera as a telescope yet. Got to try that out.

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