Muscles from Butlers Marston

Although normally partial to oysters, the crab will also dine on muscles during the summer months. In this photograph taken from the Natural History Museum's archives, we see a small group of muscles growing in the wild. Shy and reclusive, this particular species hunts mostly at night, latching on to anything female, using his pale plumage to trick prey into a false sense of security before attacking with speed and ferocity.