Posted 7 years ago
fortapache
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Yes this crab looks like a louse back backwards. The back looks like the front etc from a top view. It is much larger of course at 4 inches from front to back of the body and 4 inches from claw to claw. Sadly I do not know anything about this crab (although now I know it is a spanner crab).
Bought this at the Shell Shop in Morro Bay, made a special detour to go there. It is a must see when travelling the central coast. Especially as the antique shops were on the dry side.
Hopefully I will pick up some shadow boxes for this and my other two crabs. I think the double glass sided ones would work best.
And no there is no smell from these.
Special thanks to TallCakes for IDing this as a spanner crab.
Wow, it really does. The largest louse I've ever seen:)
it looks kind of like a moreton bay bug which we used to eat in Queensland, Australia when i was a kid. they were really delicious!
spanner crab
Thank you very much Scott. At least they would be easy to see.
Thank you very much Ms.CrystalShip. I went there for the first time as a kid in the 70s. Still have the stuff I bought from then. I am pretty sure I saw the great white jaws on display. They also had several other large shark jaws for sale. It is about $600 for tiger shark jaws.
Thank you very much ho2cultcha. It is similar. Looks yummy.
Thank you very much TallCakes. Description already amended.
fabilus taxidermy project fortapache
bought a live spider crab had in me bath till me kiddiewinkles popped around
but did move at all so not alive cooked it
the smell very fishy indeed but there was fire scare in my building another building i lived in newcastle city centre the fire brigade had to search each flat felt a wee bit embarrassed at smell of crab
however my kiddiewinkles loved the taste of crab claws so a success
thank you for bringing back fond memorys of yesteryear
fascinating piece fortapache thanks for sharing my jolly good friend
Ewww, that's a BIG BUG ;-)))
Thank you very much MALKEY. Glad you and the kiddiewinkles enjoyed your crab.
And thank you very much kyratango.
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