CRAB TiPS
1. If you want to look closely at a crab without damaging it or yourself — pick it up carefully across the carapace using your thumb and forefinger. Most crabs are easy to hold in this way except for the red rock crab, which forces its powerful legs against its carapace to hinder your grip. 2. A good way to attract crabs is to drop a crushed shellfish into a tidal pool. 3. If you scout along the high tide margin of a beach you may be able to find an entire moulted skin of a crab. You may only find a carapace which will keep for a long time if not exposed to sunlight or if filled with plaster-of-paris.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 February 1988, Page 39
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121CRAB TiPS Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 February 1988, Page 39
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