A swimming Swimming Crab

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I was diving Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu.  I came across a depression in the sand and went down to investigate it.  I found a crab (that goes by many names and is usually found around the shallow waters of the mangroves).  I started filming with my GoPro:     • Swimming Crab in its Hole   and finished recording it (displaying the typical defensive posture...time to move on).  All of a sudden, the crab swam straight up about 20 feet and then started swimming away.  It caught me by surprise and started recording again while trying to catch up to it.  I have never seen a crab do that. Enjoy...    • A swimming Swimming Crab