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Media Used

"Fiddler crab outside it's burrow" by Alpha is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

"Photograph of Austruca mjoebergi males waving in synchrony" by Patricia Backwell is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

"Fiddler Crab (Uca Crassipes?)" by Thomas Brown is licensed under CC BY 2.0

"Fiddler crab" by Denise Chan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Common Orange Fiddler Crab (Uca vocans) female" by Bernard DUPONT is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Ring-legged Fiddler Crab (Uca annulipes)" by Bernard DUPONT is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Ring-legged Fiddler Crabs (Uca annulipes) male and female" by Bernard DUPONT is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Male lemon-yellow clawed fiddler crab, waving his big claw in display" by Mnolf is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Website Background by Rawpixel is in the Public Domain, CC0

"Uca lactea" by rick888chen is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

"Fiddler crab 2" by Wilfredor is in the Public Domain, CC0