{"id":1128,"date":"2013-06-19T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2014-06-30T21:51:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T21:51:43","slug":"crabbing-at-kimmeridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Crabbing at Kimmeridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the years we\u2019ve been fortunate to visit Kimmeridge Bay marine nature reserve on several occasions. Despite the reef being a stronghold for Spider crabs so far we hadn\u2019t seen any. <\/p>\n

On this occasion inspired by a group of children crabbing from the end of Swanage Pier we came prepared with a small bag filled with a chunk of dried Mackerel on the end of a piece of strong. If this didn\u2019t tempt them out nothing would\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Success – Spider crab tempted out of cover with a smelly chunk of dried Mackerel. <\/p>\n

After 10 minutes it became clear that it was far more wary than its more common relatives. so it was time to jump in for a closer look. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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No Spider crabs were harmed during the production off this film. This one was carefully returned to the rock it had crawled out from under the sea. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Incredible disguise \u2013 all carefully planted by the crab. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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And for something completely different the Yellow Horned Sea Poppy. A real specialist of shingle beaches.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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