One of the interns is doing their summer research project on blue crab cannibalism. Last weekend on our way to the dock to sunbathe, we stopped by the wet lab of the Fish and Invertebrate Lab (otherwise known as the Crab Lab) In several large tanks there's a juvenile and an adult crab together, in many cases the larger, more feisty crab eats the younger juvenile. You can see a video of this cannibalism occurring below - that SERC posted last week!
While we were there last weekend, some of the crabs got really feisty when we agitated them. They were defending their territory - the big blue crabs defending their big plastic tub at SERC's wet lab!
One of the interns is doing their summer research project on blue crab cannibalism. Last weekend on our way to the dock to sunbathe, we stopped by the wet lab of the Fish and Invertebrate Lab (otherwise known as the Crab Lab) In several large tanks there's a juvenile and an adult crab together, in many cases the larger, more feisty crab eats the younger juvenile. You can see a video of this cannibalism occurring below - that SERC posted last week!
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