One Lucky Guy
Male Atlantic Blue Crab in heavy camo (Callinectes sapidus) - Mosquito Lagoon, Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Wilson Florida
This was one lucky guy!
And one of the largest Blueclaws I've ever seen with a 6-7 inch shell from point to point, and claws bigger than my thumbs (which he might have done some serious damage to if I'd given him the chance when I picked him up to sex him. So he was pretty lucky I decided to let him walk instead of taking him home for dinner.
Notes:
Notice the minnows hovering over his left shoulder which I'm sure he'd eat if one decided to inspect his constantly moving mouth parts too closely.
I suspect that this guy is as big as he will ever get, and probably has all that moss growing on him because he reached full size quite a ways back, and hasn't shed his shell since then.
One Lucky Guy
Male Atlantic Blue Crab in heavy camo (Callinectes sapidus) - Mosquito Lagoon, Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Wilson Florida
This was one lucky guy!
And one of the largest Blueclaws I've ever seen with a 6-7 inch shell from point to point, and claws bigger than my thumbs (which he might have done some serious damage to if I'd given him the chance when I picked him up to sex him. So he was pretty lucky I decided to let him walk instead of taking him home for dinner.
Notes:
Notice the minnows hovering over his left shoulder which I'm sure he'd eat if one decided to inspect his constantly moving mouth parts too closely.
I suspect that this guy is as big as he will ever get, and probably has all that moss growing on him because he reached full size quite a ways back, and hasn't shed his shell since then.