A crab pickin’ mug to the first reader* that can identify where this blue crab (Calinectes sapidus) came from:
40ml falcon tube and hand shown for scale.
~Southern Fried Scientist
*Post answers in comments. Authors of Deep Sea News and Southern Fried Science Network not eligible. Contest ends 9:00 AM August 19, 2010.
Is it Chesapeake Bay, Va.?
Mid and South Chesapeake Bay
Lake Matamuskeet
We have a winner! Impressive.
Send me a mailing address and we’ll send you a mug.
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That would have to be one really long crab
Crabs in Lake Mattamuskeet get huge!
My adviser likes to take his classes down to Mattamuskeet for field trips. It’s a truly bizarre ecosystem thanks to all the canals going in and out of it. When I was there we had one gillnet that had both blue crabs and largemouth bass in it.
can I have a mug anyway?
You can purchase as many as you like from our store.