Hawai'i has a lot of cool plant and animal life. Coral, dolphins, whales, turtles, Banyan trees, etc, thank you volcanic soil. It wasn't whaling or dolphin-ing season, but I did get to see and swim with turtles. Two, to be specific. At different beaches. Unfortunately, I had a much greater knack at locating crabs. I found so many that my friend's family (who I was staying with) nick-named me the crab whisperer.
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| I named it Betty |
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| Don't remember this guy's name |
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| see below for enlarged image |
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| Herman. I later found a hermit crab, and named him Herman II |
I also saw several sand crabs, but they were super fast and hard to capture on camera, since they blended pretty well with the sand. Movement was the only giveaway.
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| This was a big guy. I didn't touch him |
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| See below for zoomed image |
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| He's so cute. Whoever he is |
Then there was the large pink-and-blue-spotted crab we found when snorkeling. I didn't invest in an underwater camera (sorry!), and I also didn't touch him because 1) he was big, and 2) he was deep.
That's at least 8 crabs, which means on average I found a crab once a day for the trip.
Not bad, not bad. Especially because none of them pinched me.
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