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While we were driving at night on Ishigaki Island, we saw an animal crossing the road. I was able to get out and take a photo before it escaped.

Can you guess what it was?

UPDATE: Answer is in comments
#動物 #旅行

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michiko
Commented by michiko
Posted at 2012-05-10 22:54

I think it is a saimiri, a kinf of monkey.
I saw the photo on a web site. It is cute. But I don't know what kind of animals live in Ishigaki Island.
I thought they were taillights of a car when I saw the photo at first. So, did they a few monkeys.

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Mum and Dad
Commented by Mum and Dad
Posted at 2012-05-12 20:01

Our guess is a hermit crab.  

Crabs and turtles sometimes become confused by lights and lose their way.

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Teragoya Otto
Commented by Teragoya Otto
Posted at 2012-05-17 08:37

No, not a monkey, Michiko.

And not a hermit crab, Mum & Dad, but close...

It`s a kind of terrestrial (land) crab. There are various types of terrestrial crab. I don`t know the name of this species.

Maybe it was going to the beach to spawn, which I read they do about this time of year.

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