[metesky]

Makes me wonder how the poor crabs and fishies managed to survive before all the dikes and canals were constructed and pretty much the whole state was a slowly flowing river.

[cogitator]

Makes me wonder how the poor crabs and fishies managed to survive before all the dikes and canals were constructed and pretty much the whole state was a slowly flowing river.

They could move to where the conditions were more congenial. Their movement "capability" is now restricted by the water system in South Florida.