Dual sex crab

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Dual-Sex Crab Found in Bay Could Yield Clues to Species' Genetics and Mating Habits

By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer

Watermen say that female blue crabs "paint their fingernails," meaning the tips of their claws turn bright red as they age. The male crabs, on the other hand, have sky-blue claws -- a sign as masculine as a mustache in the world of crustaceans.

So when Robbie Watson dumped out a crab trap and found a specimen with one red claw and one blue one, the discovery stopped him.

A rare half-male/half-female blue crab, caught several weeks ago in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Watermen noticed that it had one blue claw, indicative of a male crab, and one red claw, indicative of a female crab. The cause is a genetic condition. (Courtesy of the Virginia Institute)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061502231.html

[Submariner]

1. Springer on radio this morning

said he thought he hit his pinnacle in life when he was on the cover of Rolling Stone. He's rethinking his career now. Tell this crab "Go F**k yourself", and it might.

I would not be surprised if all the pharmaceuticals dumped in our waterways has something to do with this. Estrogens, birth control pill, and other chemicals have been adversely affecting other marine species as well.

[CatWoman]

2. a lot of people don't know you can tell the crab's sex

by the claw color. :D

I wonder if this crab has sex with itself? :D

[parkia00]

3. Danggit!

This is what happens when you allow all that gay stuff in this great country of ours! Even the crabs start behaving strangly!

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