The red crab scuttled around the reef. He clamped down his claws on shrimp, worms, and prawn gobies. Suddenly, a loud "squirt!" sounded behind him. He wheeled around. A full-grown cuttlefish was squirting like mad as it headed toward him. SSSSHHHH!!!! He flung up sand into the cuttlefish's eyes. SQUIRT! It released billowing clouds of jet-black ink. Shiny, white, and sharp teeth chomped down on the blinded cuttle. A blacktip shark appeared from the fading ink! GRRRROOOWWWWWWWRRRRR! It tossed its prey about, tore it apart, and wolfed it down. Lucky for the crab, there was a cave nearby, for the crab had been watching. It stood at the entrance, pinching predators. Many fish swam by with the crab's claw mark on their sides.
A small orange coral goby fluttered by. They only stuck around large coral, but sometimes they swam down near caves. The crab scrambled into the back of the dark cave. Suddenly a large shark darted by, causing the small fish to crash into the cave. The next second, the crab had darted swiftly forward and eaten the small fish. He saw anything that was smaller than him as food, whereas anything bigger than him as predator. He watched as a large great white shark swam past him. He scuttered under a big plate coral. Presently, nothing happened, so he crawled out. His biggest predator, a white-spotted guitarfish, flapped toward him speedily. He shielded himself with his big pincers. The hungry fish bulleted nearer. Scrunch! He pinched the big fish. It snarled in pain.
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