Posted on 04/11/2011 1:57:34 PM PDT by EveningStar
...Antarctic clams, snails and brittle stars, because of adaptation to their environment, have soft shells and have never had to fight shell-crushing predators. “You can take an Antarctic clam and crush it with your hands,” McClintock said. They could be the main prey for these crabs, he said.
Loss of unique mollusks could jeopardize organisms with disease-fighting compounds, McClintock said. Sea squirts, for example, produce an agent that fights skin cancer. If the crabs eat them, it could bring McClintock’s research with that organism to a halt...
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The first thing that crossed my mind after reading this, is how do Alaskan king crabs in the far northern part of the globe wind up in the far southern part of the globe? There is an awful lot of ocean in between for them to traverse...even if they do have long legs.
Roger that. Send in the boys from “Deadliest Catch.”
Well if half the beaches here in MA are closed to the public because of a frigging bird then this argument is already settled.
LEAVE THE CRABS ALONE, AND DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT!
At least that’s what they tell us beachgoers....
Since King Crabs will be an invasive species in Antarctica, there will be no season, and no limits. Catch as many as you can and eat them.
I love it when good environmental stewardship aligns with excellent gastronomy.
May I remind all that it is well known that the only thing which assures direct reduction of the King Crab population is melted butter.
;-)
I expect recipes on my desk by Wednesday morning, or I shall have both of you bodily ejected from the very next PITA meeting (meant PETA of course).
What I really need to know is why the culinary jackwagon who did this, did not transplant Maine Lobsters to that god-forsaken wasteland instead, so gratifyingly far from fishing limits? I mean those King Crab "things" are suitable for impressing gullible young prom dates, but the Homard is a horse of another color! As an added benefit, Muslims are allowed to taste neither, nor wash it down with a juicy blanc!
Let the crab fesst begin. LOL!!
I heartily agree with other posters here. What an easy problem to solve! We must all do our bounden duty and eat them as fast as we can until they’re gone.
Since we’ll be performing a service to the environment, we should only have to pay shipping and handling, if that.
Tell it to Molly Goodhead!
Tell it to Molly Goodhead!
Stalin. He had them moved from the Pacific to the Artic ocean north of Russia. More communist idiocy. Norway is trying to decide what to do with them, pest or resource?
(Goering the nazi liked racoons and had them introduced to germany. They are a major problem.)
Presuming that some disease cure resides there is just a flight of fancy.
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