Crab Finds GoPro Camera, Tries To Take It Home

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This crab is ready for its close-up, and maybe a new hobby as a photographer.

YouTube user Diederick Ryan recently uploaded this unique bit of GoPro footage of a land crab on the island of Fiji, offering a rarely seen ground-level glimpse of a crustacean. After what appears to be some careful consideration, the curious crab decides to take the camera back home with it. Fortunately, Diedrick was able to snatch it back just in time before it got too deep into the animal's burrow.

"It all looked great until he disappeared with the camera down his hole," he writes. "As I ran over I was at least glad to still see the app on my phone showing daylight (the shot of the palm trees). He tried to drag it down further as I went to grab it, almost taking it too far out of reach but luckily I got it just in time."

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