The Streeter’s Jetty Experience

 11 Dampier Terrace, Broome WA 6725, Australia Broome Campervan Hire

anotherbeignet (contributor)

Streeters Jetty off Dampier Terrace is a reconstructed old wooden jetty built out right through the mangroves for the old pearling ships to come close into town. It’s extraordinary to think that boats used to come up in between the dense mangrove forest.
Today people walk the 50 metres of the jetty to nothing; unless you want to jump off the end into the mud.
However, everyone looks over the side and sees fiddler crab heaven. The little red critters are everywhere. I took some time out to watch them and got to see an all male affair to decide the alpha male.
What happens is that they lock into each others big claw, a bit like an arm wrestle. After that they strain to overcome the other and, when they do, the winner flips the opponent upside down with a quick flick of his claw. It’s all over in seconds and the loser scurries off elsewhere.

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