South American Red Tail Cats

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South American Red Tail Cats

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Does anyone know what species of crab red tails eat in the Amazon?
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There are loads of trichodactylid and pseudothelphusid crabs (the two dominant freshwater crab families in the Neotropics) in the Amazon. Exactly which species a given rtc would eat depends on which part of the Amazon it's in.
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