{"id":3862,"date":"2015-06-22T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonkeywebsites.com\/diveshack\/?page_id=3862"},"modified":"2015-07-06T15:29:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:29:33","slug":"blue-swimmer-crab-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thediveshack.com.au\/cn\/diving\/local-marine-life\/blue-swimmer-crab-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Swimmer Crab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"title\">Blue Swimmer Crab<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Blue Swimmer Crab stay buried under sand or mud most of the time, but when hey come out (usually during the night), you can easily recognize them by their bright blue colour with white spots (males) or a green\/brownish colour (females). They usually come out to feed during high tide to feed on various organisms such as bivalves, fish and macroalgae. 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