How Crabs Eat Mussels

[cedar999]

I've been looking for information on the actual strength of crab claws and came across this article, which I thought was pretty interesting even if not exactly on the point I was looking for:

http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/6/m006p083.pdf

It's a journal article, but actually written clearly enough for the layperson to understand. Basically they caught a bunch of crabs, starved them for a day, and then started introducing various sizes of mussels to see how the crabs would choose what to eat, and how.

Just thought I'd pass it along, particularly since I saw a thread here recently about how crabs might prefer smaller baits.

-Paul

[tattoo]

cool stuff.

[IGOTCRABS,LLC]

i've had some softies come out filled with little tiny mussels in them. after getting a mouthfull of mussels on two separate occasions, i now check 'em. when you cut off the face, if the mussels are there, you can just squish them out.

[Summertop]

Thanks for the link, very interesting.  I missed this one from the original posting.

[Ronster]

Thanks for the link, very interesting.  I missed this one from the original posting.

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