Swim At Your Own Risk: Chesapeake's Got A Bad Case Of Crabs

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Chesapeake's Got A Bad Case Of Crabs


What looked like a daddy longlegs the size of a dinner plate turned out yo be the first Chinese mitten crab ever to be caught in the Chesapeake region. The species is native to Asia and considered a delicacy in China, but are regarded as pests everywhere else, notorious for invading areas, then multiplying like crazy and raising hell.

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