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Crabs on a plane make for crabby passengers
2014-10-06 19:19:27| Apparel - Topix.net
A man holds a crab, which he had dug out of the mud, in San Lorenzo, Honduras. Crabs on a plane led to a flight being delayed by a half hour at LaGuardia Airport last Thursday.
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Loose crabs in cargo hold delay New York flight
2014-10-04 08:46:23| Apparel - Topix.net
If passengers on a delayed flight from New York to Charlotte, North Carolina, got a bit crabby, no one could really say they were being too shellfish. Their flight left LaGuardia Airport about a half-hour late Thursday evening because some live crabs got loose in the cargo hold.
This crab's blood could save your life
2014-09-04 23:14:33| Biotech - Topix.net
Nearly 50 years ago, scientists discovered the horseshoe crab's clotting-response to bacterial toxins. Now, its blood is harvested in huge quantities, to be used in a test to ensure medical products are not contaminated.
Coral Reef Decline Could Threaten Survival of Crabs, Lobsters
2013-09-24 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Crabs and lobsters might go extinct due to the declining abundance of coral reefs. A new study has found that prehistoric crustaceans were wiped out after reefs began collapsing. Researchers say that a similar fate awaits modern crustaceans that now depend of coral reefs for survival. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Florida and showed a direct co-relation between prehistoric reefs and decapod crustaceans, a group that includes shrimps, crabs and lobsters. "We estimate...
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