Common Whelk feeding - Buccinum undatum
The Common Whelk, Buccinum undatum, lives by scavenging. Here one is consuming a dead swimming crab. Anything dead on the bottom soon attracts a variety of other scavengers - here three hermit crabs and a common strafish all vie for a share of the meal.
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Common Whelk feeding - Buccinum undatum
The Common Whelk, Buccinum undatum, lives by scavenging. Here one is consuming a dead swimming crab. Anything dead on the bottom soon attracts a variety of other scavengers - here three hermit crabs and a common strafish all vie for a share of the meal.
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St. Abbs Marine Reserve, North Sea
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Common Whelk feeding - Buccinum undatum
The Common Whelk, Buccinum undatum, lives by scavenging. Here one is consuming a dead swimming crab. Anything dead on the bottom soon attracts a variety of other scavengers - here three hermit crabs and a common strafish all vie for a share of the meal.
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St. Abbs Marine Reserve, North Sea
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