News tagged with hermit crabs
Scientists confirm crab's memory of pain
Mar 27, 2009 |
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New research published by a Queen’s University Belfast academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it.
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Crab claws pack strengthening bromide-rich biomaterial
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Next time you have an unlucky encounter with a crab's pinchers, consider that the claw tips may be reinforced with bromine-rich biomaterial 1.5 times harder than acrylic glass and extremely fracture resistant, says a University ...
DNA provides 'smoking gun' in the case of the missing songbirds
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Nov 04, 2008 |
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It sounds like a tale straight from "CSI": The bully invades a home and does away with the victim, then is ultimately found out with the help of DNA evidence.
Chinese takeaway in the Wadden Sea
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Sep 25, 2007 |
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Shore crabs catch their food at food-rich spots and subsequently eat it elsewhere. With this takeaway strategy the crabs maximize their food uptake and keep competing crabs at a distance, says Dutch researcher Isabel Smallegange.
Furry-clawed Asian crabs found in Delaware and Chesapeake Bays
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Jun 04, 2007 |
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Chinese mitten crabs, first reported in the Chesapeake Bay, are more widespread than initially thought. Four crabs have now been caught in Delaware Bay during the last week of May 2007, and may occur in other ...
New study reveals king crabs go deep to avoid hot water
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Southampton have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results, published this week ...
Regulators allow horseshoe crab harvest
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Feb 12, 2008 |
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The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has declined to extend a moratorium on horseshoe crab harvesting aimed at protecting migrating shore birds.
Turning freshwater farm ponds into crab farms
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest – blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea.
Researchers Turning Freshwater Farm Ponds into Crab Farms
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest – blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea.
Decline of shorebird linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs.
New 150 million-year-old crab species discovered
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Oct 17, 2007 |
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Researchers from Kent State University and the University of Bucharest, Romania, have discovered a new primitive crab species Cycloprosopon dobrogea in eastern Romania. Previously unexamined, these ancient crabs from the ...
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