Biology
Crabs are from this family
What is Crustaceans
Female crabs mate this many times in their life
What is once?
After full sexual maturity, they mate once but can use the sperm for multiple broods of eggs!
In British Columbia, this is the legal minimum size for Dungeness crab
What is 165 mm?
In British Columbia, the legal minimum size for Dungeness crab is 165 millimeters (mm) across the widest part of the shell.
Crab is a great source of this macronutrient
What is protein?
Peak crab season in BC runs about this season
What is Winter?
Dungeness crab season in British Columbia typically runs from early November to late June, with the peak season being December through March. However, crabbing can be done all year round.
Crabs move generally in this direction
What is Side to Side
Though they can move forward and back as well, just less efficiently!
A group of crabs is called this
What is A cast
They are a real show!
There are this many species of crabs
What is 5000?
4500 of which are "real crabs"
Crabs are full of this fatty acid
What are omega-3 fatty acids?
This is a dish of deep-fried wontons filled with cream cheese and crab meat
What is Crab rangoon?
Crabs eat this type of diet
What is an omnivore?
Crabs do these 2 moves to communicate
What is drumming or waving their pincers?
This is the smallest known crab species at just a few mm wide
What is a pea crab?
Crab is lower in this potential toxin than many other kinds of seafood
What is mercury?
Crab may be lower in mercury than many other kinds of seafood, but it can still be a concern depending on how it is caught and prepared.
Most crab claws (stone crab) eating record in 10 minutes
What is 25 claws?
Crabs have this many legs
What is ten?
They are called "decapods".
Crabs can live on land as long as they keep this part of their body moist
What are the gills?
The largest crab species, the Japanese Spider crab, can have a leg span up to this wide
What is 4 meters!!!!????
Crab meat is high in this vitamin
What is Vitamin B12?
2-3 oz is a daily human supply!
This is the most consumed species of crab
What is Japanese Blue Crab?
Crab shell is made out of this compound
What is calcium Carbonate
Provides protection for the flesh underneath!
Red king crabs are caught in this sea
What is the Bering Sea?
A Dungeness female crab can carry this many eggs.
What is 2.5 MILLION?
Research suggests that people who eat seafood at least once a week, like crab, are less likely to get this neurologic disease
What is dementia?
This many tonnes of crabs are caught by humans annually
What is 1.5 million tonnes?