TY - JOUR AU - Mortimer, JA AU - Matyot, P AU - Labrosse, W AU - Bristol, D PY - 2011/10/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Traumatic encounter between Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres and Hermit Crab Coenobita perlatus at D’Arros Island, Amirantes Group, Seychelles JF - Biodiversity Observations JA - Biodiv. Obs. VL - IS - SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/129 SP - 58 - 59 AB - On 13 March 2011 at 09:00, we encountered a juvenile Ruddy Turnstone <i>Arenaria interpres</i> on the ground in apparent distress. We were conducting a nesting sea turtle track count survey along the sandy shoreline of D&#8217;Arros Island in the Amirantes Group of the Seychelles. Unable to take flight, the Turnstone was struggling in the manner of a bird entangled by the sticky seeds of the Pisonia grandis tree. But, upon closer inspection we found that the tip of its bill was in the grip of th left claw of a Hermit Crab Coenobita perlatus. ER -