Facts: The Stone Crab

Quick facts about the stone crab, a crustacean with giant claws that are commonly consumed. The stone crab (Menippe mercenaria, Menippe adina, Florida stone crab, gulf stone crab, moro crab). Stone crab facts!
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[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Those crabs are huge!!!

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

If you take both claws I can't see them having much chance of survival

[@ragequittingrn]

Most of them probably hide but yes

[@crinoidthyroid]

I showed a pic of these crabs to my mom and she said they look like a regular crab that's just really chubby LOL

[@nightgoblinspearman]

I would be interested on a modern study of the survival rate after having claws removed. If some bass tournaments report 1/5 fish dying after release I would think its higher for these crabs...

[@att1917]

I like your channel and please do Amazon river dolphin

[@onionhat745]

Poor little guys.

[@eunaekim9216]

After watching this video my desire to eat stone crabs is now in the minus department!

[@axjagfilms]

My pet Vampire Crab just lost one of its legs… but it should regrow in about a month

[@JoAna-bg3pn]

Hi, I'm from Philippines, i have a here a photo of florida stone crab look like, found here in the Philippines.
can you please confirm to me that this is the florida stone crab?

[@frankeneh-lf6fb]

Only eating the part of the stone crab that it can regenerate without killing it= 😊😊☺☺😁😁😄😄😇😇😍😍😋😋👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌.

[@6thmemberleaderoftheblogge659]

What about ghost crabs which invade the eggs of leatherback sea turtles

[@chingyik123]

coubblestone crab

[@basilomori23422]

*Stone Crab

[@chingyik123]

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[@MrPukgay]

no claws for me, going vegan

[@K.Spade7902]

Me, too!

[@catfishyay]

stoner crab lol

[@basilomori23422]

stoner crab lol

[@jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16]

Praise JESUS for creating stone crabs!

[@K.Spade7902]

I won't eat those claws. They belong on the stone crab That's disgusting!

[@TucsonPete1028]

You are absolutely right it’s complete nonsense that they survive. After having both claws taken off these crabs were not put on earth for us to take their only means of defense and only means of gathering food. The insanity has to stop one day. I don’t know why the state of Florida allows that to take place it must have something to do with the good old boy network, that’s how they run things down there

[@TucsonPete1028]

At the price stone crab claws are sold for it’s probably profitable now to raise them in a controlled environment. When colossal are going for $60-$70 a pound or more you have a lot of meat on the bone to grow them commercially