Dominant Crabbies

[Lasuna]

So, after observing my hermits for a while I've noticed that Horus seems to be the dominant one in my tank. Any time some of my hermits have a little fight he's the one who comes and settles it. Same with any time I added a new crab, he was the one who asserts his dominance. Now I'm sure most of you are going to say you can't really tell who's the dominant one, but after watching Horus put Set in his place when Set was first introduced to the tank (he tried shell fights with everyone in the tank until Horus whacked him. Which I think is funny considering in Egyptian Mythology Horus beat Set after Set killed his father) I'm absolutely positive that he's the dominant one in this tank. Now my thing I'm trying to figure out is, why the heck is my second smallest crab the dominant one in the tank? I mean he's tiny... smaller than everyone except Amun-ra, and thats only by probably a few millimeters. Has anyone else ever noticed that the small crab is the dominant one?

[gdcornell]

My E, Drexel, is slightly smaller than his "brother", Gatsby, and he has a tendency to punch Gatsby in the face about 3 or 4 times a day for no apparent reason. I've decided that he's just rude.

[Lasuna]

Horus isn't really rude, just obviously dominant. He only gets rough when the others decide to pick a fight. haha

[CrabbyMom33]

My Es can be like that, especially with each other. I have 2 small Es that whenever they see each other in the tank one will run to the other, smack him, then walk away. It's not always the same one doing the smacking, so I think it's just the way they are.

[kuza]

My crabs are sneaky, they will wait for the other one to turn away then jump on their shell. For "fighting" for dominance, my PP's just shove with their big claw, where E's do this double punch boxing thing with each other.