The team tethered the crustaceans to posts at varying times of the year and at varying depths of Maryland’s Rhode River, a tidal estuary in Chesapeake Bay. After about 24 hours, the researchers would look for signs of predation—basically, if the crabs were dead or injured.
Sometimes I can't tell if these animal studies are conceived based on actual scientific necessity or someone's torture fantasy that happens to provide some useful info.
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searabbit@piefed.social · 17 pts · 153d
Sometimes I can't tell if these animal studies are conceived based on actual scientific necessity or someone's torture fantasy that happens to provide some useful info.
sensualsunset@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 153d
Which also makes you really wonder if they are "gluttonous" or just, you know, tied to a post so probably starving.
funkajunk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 153d
Yes.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 153d
Most crabs will eat everything edible, AFAIK.