crabs

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Some have managed to get by catching crabs or other types of fish, while others have left the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Hutchings uses scallops, large shrimp and fish fillets, but other options like oysters, lobster tails, crabs, mussels and clams are perfectly acceptable.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

"This fossil documents the Cambrian origin of chelicerates," noted Lerosey-Aubril, "and shows that the anatomical blueprint of spiders and horseshoe crabs was already emerging 500 million years ago."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

You can’t even hunt the massive coconut crabs because they are a protected species.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Various forms of seafood are packed into ice: mussels, their shells as smooth and dark as river rocks; whole crabs, their pincers lifted to the sky; silver salmon, their brilliant scales gleaming under the lights.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day