Why does this little crab cause so much destruction in the coasts of America, SA, and Australia? The native crabs are way bigger, they should be able to just eat it.
>>4777026Tell me what it is and maybe I can give an answer
>>4777204never mind saw the file name I have no clue
They are colonizers because they are european. Everything from europe is bigoted. Even the crabs
>>4777206>daring euro animals conquering the rest of the natural world like their human counterparts didpottery
>>4777297European animals are generally speaking not that invasive
>>4777026the problem is they eat smaller thingsalso another problem is their habit, one of the problem is theyre burrowers and digging into estuaries destorys a lot of the grasses which creates problems, is the same problem with american signal crayfish in europe, which is a problem there because europe is urbanite shithole so theyre used to degrading riverbanks
>>4777533European Green Crabs also have a surprisingly high tolerance to salinity and temperature (they range from Morocco to Iceland and Scandinavia), which means theyre far more adaptable than many native american species.And despite their size they can actually bully other crabs into submission
>>4777539>hardiest animals that can adapt outcompete the restjust the way the cookie crumbles I guess
i hope they take over the world
I have one that hitchiked into my saltwater tank as a baby. He tries to eat my fingers whenever I go within his reach.
>>4777747You in the US or Europe? If youre in the US you should release it in the wild, for shits and giggles.
>>4777757US east coast. They are like earthworms here. There is not a coast in my state that does not have them, and they are the most common thing you find tidepooling.I probably will have to end up releasing him to be with his brothers if he grows up and culturally enriches any of my fish
>>4777791>I probably will have to end up releasing him to be with his brothers if he grows up and culturally enriches any of my fishjej
Don't all crabs spawn a fuckload of young? How come European crabs take over so quickly then?
>>4777444"Generally speaking" makes no sense in this context
>>4778082Animals outside of their natural habitat lack the checks and counters that keep them from increasing their numbers out of proportion. European crabs are extremely invasive in NA and Australia, but the Atlantic blue crab is extremely invasive in parts of Europe and causing massive ecological and economic damage.
>>4778097why not?
>>4777791what is so bad about that?
How do they taste steamed with Old Bay?captcha: ggga
>>4781027they don't get big enough for people to try and eat them. The biggest they get are fist sized and their claws are not satisfactory in size.Of course they are more than edible, its just that westerners have this concept of fish or aquatic creatures being "trash" if they are not the largest, easiest to eat, easiest to prepare animal you can catch.Also amerimutts are scared of eating stuff from the water because they are told that they are poisoning themselves with muh mercury and carcinogens
Pussy ass bitches
>>4781053The blue crab is taking the fight to the enemy's homeland and is invasive in the Mediterranean I believe.
>>4781036shellfish isnt eaten because of the jewsand crawdads are a big deal in the south, its only really urbanites that afraid of water creatures, though i dont blame them because their water is shit and you dont really want to be eating things from shit water
>>4781036>its just that westerners have this concept of fish or aquatic creatures being "trash" if they are not the largest, easiest to eat, easiest to prepare animal you can catch.>Also amerimutts are scared of eating stuff from the water because they are told that they are poisoning themselves with muh mercury and carcinogensI’ve never heard of either of those fears/ideas. Everyone will eat a crab or lobster or whatever if they get the chance and they know it’s edible I’d think
>>4781093If I stole his crab would he starve?
>>4781093>the weak should fear the claw
>>4781278There's a massive difference between being willing to eat something and being willing to buy and prepare something.
I read somewhere that blue crabs are moving farther north into colder waters because there's so many green crabs to eat.
>>4781510they dont buy that stuff because its expensive, seafood is generally expensive for anything that isnt a shrimp, because most people dont live near a coast and theres a lot imports, lobster is about $30/lb, you can more beef for that kind of money
>>4782272Shrimps are very tasty though and easy to prepare
>>4783181okay, nothing i said was contrary to that
>>4781536>6 dollars discount when buying twelve of these fuckerswow what a deal
>>4783373And that picture is probably close to ten years old.
>>4781408He would be extremely hungry
>>4782272>seafood is generally expensive for anything that isnt a shrimp raised in Indian or Chinese petrochem sludgeftfy
>>4781036Did you just try to "muh" away bioaccumulation of mercury?
>>4784655Next you’ll try try to say you don’t enjoy sweetening your wine with a bit of lead
