10 things you may not know about crabs - an article

[Stevo]

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/env/2009/08/29-33/Our-Bay-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-blue-crabs.html

Found this article at Hometownannapolis.com and thought some may find it an interesting read!

[cubbie12cat]

Thanks Stevo, that really was intresting. Every day I learn at least one new thing on this forum.

[jack1747]

Interesting for sure, but they could'a just posted a link to the BCA...    I have to admit, I didn't know that crabs could hold their breath...    I wonder how they found that out. Somebody gave a buster cpr?   

[lreops]

Thanks, that was a good read. Pretty much had heard most of that throughout the years. One interesting fact was the holding of its breath while backing out the old shell, that was something I've never heard before.

[mdjohn]

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/env/2009/08/29-33/Our-Bay-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-blue-crabs.html

Found this article at Hometownannapolis.com and thought some may find it an interesting read!

Cute article but didn't answer any of the real questions, I wanted answered::::::

1- do crabs fart
2- can crabs blink one eye
3- do crabs close their eyes when they sleep
4- how do crabs kiss when they're having sex
5- do crabs have a tongue
6- what's that furry stuff on the bottom of some crabs

 

[R D]

Interesting for sure, but they could'a just posted a link to the BCA...    I have to admit, I didn't know that crabs could hold their breath...    I wonder how they found that out. Somebody gave a buster cpr?   

We do give softshells CPR that are hung up backing out and sometimes it works.

[tattoo]

Nice read , thanks. 

[Crab Shack]

Interesting for sure, but they could'a just posted a link to the BCA...    

I agree with Jack....interesting read but mostly for people whose only run in with a blue claw is at a supermarket or restaurant....

[Mr. Ray III]

The Department of Natural Resourcs says the largest crab ever caught was 9 inches, by a waterman in Eastern Bay near Kent Island. A carved model of that super-duper-jumbo is on display at Mr. B's Seafood on State Street in Stevensville. The staff there, however, says the crab, caught in 1980, actually measures in at 10 5/8 inches. DNR biologists say they sometimes see 10-inch and 11-inch crabs turn up in their surveys.


Just like the crab population is up 50% this year?

[Stevo]

Are you implying that we can't trust what government agencies tell us? 

Or that they talk out of two orifices at the same time! 

[Mr. Ray III]

 

[Crab A Lot]

    Thanks,interesting read,learn that crabs can breathe

[Mr. Breeze]

3. It's proteins that cause a crab to turn from blue-gray to red when cooked.

The proteins that give the blue crab its blue tint coagulate when exposed to heat, Davis said. That causes the shell to turn red. It's similar to when an egg white turns from a clearish color to solid white when it cooks.

This is not exactly true.  The different pigments in the crabs exoskeleton are all destroyed by the heat except the red pigment.  that's why the crab turns red, red is the only color left

[BrianG]

Stevo

  Great read .. Thanks


Brian

[jack1747]

Hum,  My fingers smell like crab pots... I never knew that until now..... 

[crabbygramps]

   I could have told you about the holding their breath part...noticed it last year..first time I took Mutzy out. After a couple of those Italian sammys.. you know, the ones with the stinky cheese..well them lil' boggers would gasp for air every time we passed by til they was blue(pun intended)... in the face!! Come to think of it, the crew got a little light headed holden' there breath also...

[flounderpounder]

3. It's proteins that cause a crab to turn from blue-gray to red when cooked.

The proteins that give the blue crab its blue tint coagulate when exposed to heat, Davis said. That causes the shell to turn red. It's similar to when an egg white turns from a clearish color to solid white when it cooks.

This is not exactly true.  The different pigments in the crabs exoskeleton are all destroyed by the heat except the red pigment.  that's why the crab turns red, red is the only color left

isnt that what he is saying...in so many words?  pigments are proteins

[jack1747]

And here I thought they were bacon.... 

[Chef Lar]

And here I thought they were bacon.... 

Nah Jack, that's your flounder bait.

[Mr. Breeze]

isnt that what he is saying...in so many words?  pigments are proteins

I guess I was nit picking, but the use of the word "coagulate" is incorrect.  The color pigments are destroyed, not blended together, by the heat.  Doesn't really matter though, how it happens.  They turn red when they are cooked

[Ronster]

And eventually turn brown after eaten.     

[Crabslayer]

3. It's proteins that cause a crab to turn from blue-gray to red when cooked.

The proteins that give the blue crab its blue tint coagulate when exposed to heat, Davis said. That causes the shell to turn red. It's similar to when an egg white turns from a clearish color to solid white when it cooks.

This is not exactly true.  The different pigments in the crabs exoskeleton are all destroyed by the heat except the red pigment.  that's why the crab turns red, red is the only color left

Except for LA crabs.  They still come out green.  Must be lack of Old Bay. 

[SlickCam]

I only ever knew of three things for sure
1.  They come
2.  They go
3.  They bite like [Sam Hill]

[Stevo]

I only ever knew of three things for sure
1.  They come
2.  They go
3.  They bite like [Sam Hill]

Never been bit by one, been pinched many times though!

[Chickenecker]

Cute article but didn't answer any of the real questions, I wanted answered::::::
1- do crabs fart

Hey Jimmie pull my claw