So this video is from December but I stumbled across it making room on my phone. At the time we were double, extra, triple concerned that this was possibly a crab fight or something of a serious nature-- seeing it again now I have more questions, though lol.
A bit of background info, etc.:
The crab inside the shell was our first of 2 total that died from PPS (now I know to handle a new little guy less and maybe isolate the poor thing, especially when he's being rolled around by another crab
). We're fairly new to the crabby journey-- just started in November, but have learned so much from this forum since finding it the night we got our first 2. Also just to answer a few common questions-- 7ish inches of sand-castle-consistency play sand for substrate, ideal thermometer & hydrometer readings, large variety of foods & shells, etc.-- all the things I've read on here about how to properly care for them I've done.
Seeing the video again now it looks like Franklin (the supposedly big "meanie") was doing the same thing he does when I've seen him sizing up other shells-- it was just that this time the shell had a poor sickly crab in it already.
Is that what you experienced (and not-so-experienced) crabbers would assume or does it look like aggression-- or even a display of dominance? I'm just curious what you guys think because I've see the same crab do the same thing to other crabs wayyyyy smaller than him.. So I'm curious what others who have experienced this behavior have decided this to be.. Sizing up another shell (despite it being occupied), a display of dominance, aggression, something else?
P.S- the crab in question is currently down molting, lol. https://vimeo.com/160052004
