98. The land crab, Cardisoma 

 carnifex, with a body about 8 

 inches wide, is found aroimd 

 the shores of the Indian Ocean 

 and on islands of the East In- 

 dies as far as Samoa and Tahiti. 

 It eats fruit and dead animals, 

 including fish, but seems to 

 prefci- hesh water for an oc- 

 casional bath. (London Zoo. 

 Ralph Buchsbaum ) 



99. The ghost crab, Ocypoda arenaria. haunts sandv beaches from Long Island to 

 Rio de Janeiro, roaming freely at night but spending most of each da\- in a U-shaped 

 or Y-shaped burrow in the sand. (Florida. William ]. Jahoda; National Audul)on) 



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