Brown crabs mesmerised by underwater power cables for renewable energy sources, study finds

Sky News ^ | 10 October 2021 | Alexa Phillips, news reporter

[blueplum]

Offshore wind farms requiring extensive underwater cabling are installed and planned around Scotland's coast, and researchers said they could destabilise the nation's brown crab population if precautions are not taken.

Brown crabs are mesmerised by underwater power cables for renewable energy sources, scientists have found.

The cables emit an electromagnetic field which causes them to sit still...

[ImaGraftedBranch]

You win the internet.

[Rebelbase]

Scots, plan on adding the cost of moving the southern brown crabs to the north into your electric bills.

[Scrambler Bob]

lighter fluid and an ice pick.
= = =

Today, that cure would be environmentally incorrect.

Lighter fluid pollutes the atmosphere, you know.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Lighter fluid pollutes the atmosphere,”

Burning pubic hair is also high-level pollution.

But how else will you get the crabs to leave their home so you can stab them with the ice pick?
Some shave half for a better line of sight.

You got to be quick; so I have heard.

[Keyhopper]

Well if you have a bird blender directly overhead why do they need to move at all.
Next week, why are crabs getting fat?

[ex91B10]

Well...now the crab harvestors know where to find ‘em...

[JimRed]

I always heard blue ointment did the trick?

"Roses are red, my love,
the ointment is blue-oo-ooo..."