{"id":88812,"date":"2023-10-10T12:18:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&p=88812"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:18:16","slug":"what-the-crab-is-that-researchers-ask-public-for-help-in-tracking-new-arrival-to-nc-coast","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/what-the-crab-is-that-researchers-ask-public-for-help-in-tracking-new-arrival-to-nc-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"What the crab is that? Researchers ask public for help in tracking new arrival to NC coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BlueBlue land crab (Cardisoma guanhumi<\/em>) on a vehicle wheel. Photo: Delilah O’Leary.<\/span><\/p>\n

A non-native land crab that dwarfs the state’s native crab species has been spotted at the North Carolina coast. Now officials want the public’s help in tracking its impacts.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Now researchers, teaming up with fellow scientists in South Carolina, want the public’s help to find out if a crab native to warmer climates thousands of miles south of North Carolina will become a permanent member of the Tar Heel State’s environment.<\/p>\n

“If you see one, you know it’s something different,” said Dr. Bronwyn Williams<\/a><\/strong>, research curator with the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, about the blue land crab.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

First and foremost, the crab dwarfs its smaller cousin. The blue land crab’s main shell can be up to 6 inches in diameter, with the animal’s walking legs and claws easily doubling the crab’s size beyond its softball-sized carapace.<\/p>\n

Then there’s that main claw.<\/p>\n

“That claw is very impressive,” Williams said, “and they will defend themselves with it, so this crab is certainly something you want to approach with a degree of caution.”<\/p>\n

Read the full article in the Star News online<\/a><\/h3>\n

Report a blue land crab sighting<\/strong><\/a> on the Eastern Seaboard.<\/p>\n

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