resipsaloquitur5d ago

Maryland’s crabs are gluttonous cannibals, decades-long study finds

https://lemmy.world/post/44355354

Maryland’s crabs are gluttonous cannibals, decades-long study finds - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/203110 [https://ibbit.at/post/203110] > From Scientific American [https://www.scientificamerican.com/] via this RSS feed [https://www.scientificamerican.com/platform/syndication/rss/]

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The team tethered the crustaceans to posts at varying times of the year and at varying depths of Maryland’s Rhode River, a tidal estuary in Chesapeake Bay. After about 24 hours, the researchers would look for signs of predation—basically, if the crabs were dead or injured.

Sometimes I can’t tell if these animal studies are conceived based on actual scientific necessity or someone’s torture fantasy that happens to provide some useful info.

Mar 17 at 12:14amWeb
Show threadsensualsunset5d ago
Which also makes you really wonder if they are “gluttonous” or just, you know, tied to post so probably starving.
Show threadfunkajunk 🇨🇦5d ago
Yes.