Blue Crabs<\/strong><\/p> Look at the color on that crab! Gorgeous. Absolute unit. Homer would\u2019ve had such an impossible time describing this dude<\/a>. Goddamn that\u2019s a beautiful crab. Spectacular. <\/p> Bushel of Crabs<\/strong><\/p> Oh baby, there are stock photos and then there are stock photos and this definitely the latter. Straight from the Governor\u2019s office! I assume that\u2019s what \u201cMarylandGovPics\u201d means, anyway, I\u2019m not looking it up. There\u2019s a conspicuous lack of Old Bay on this bushel of crabs. You gotta douse them dudes. I suppose Old Bay, when doused on a freshly steamed bushel of crabs<\/a> and therefore all caked and dirt-colored, it not tremendously photogenic. Tremendously tasty, though. <\/p> Crab Montage!<\/strong><\/p> Apparently everything is evolving into crabs, which is definitely a conclusion you could draw if you looked at this photo after waking up from a traumatic brain injury. Y\u2019all think that happens in space? Things evolving into crabs?<\/a> <\/p> Love this montage. I can\u2019t name any of these species, which is the kind of Nature Enjoyer I am. I don\u2019t go birding, I yell \u201clook at that blue one!\u201d and point whilst on walks. That bright-eyed nerd in the bottom right and its adorable counterpart bottom left are cuteness champs. The one in between them is strong, they model for Etsy artists. Middle row looks pretty deep sea, shoutout to them. Hardy folk. Probably barely have functioning eyes, which makes us kindred spirits. That top row\u2019s heavy infantry. Uruk-hai of crabs. <\/p> Dungeness Crabs<\/strong><\/p> This Pacific crab has a backwards hat, is sitting in a flipped-around chair, and has just told the English class to tear the pages out of their textbook\/stand on their desks\/pass the Poetry AP exam. Dungeness Crab might not taste as good as their Chesapeake Bay counterparts, but they are scary enough. That\u2019s the thing about crabs\u2014wonderful as they are, you\u2019re not often thrilled<\/em> to see them, say, if you\u2019ve washed ashore on a beach and the island seems to be abandoned. <\/p> Coconut Crabs<\/strong><\/p> Look, I\u2019m gonna be honest: looking at pictures of Coconut Crabs<\/a> is exposure therapy for me. Loving the ocean does not preclude being afraid of the ocean; in fact, not<\/em> having a healthy fear of the ocean is a form of incredible hubris. They\u2019ve written books about it and everything. Look at these guys, though. Red and blue, getting along, probably not <\/em>the Coconut Crabs who ate Amelia Earhart<\/a>. <\/p> Is That Some Sort of Crab-Frog Mutant Hybrid<\/strong><\/p> I am told this is a Shore Crab in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It looks like a frog and a crab\u2014two beautiful creatures\u2014got spliced together and everything went wrong. It looks like it found the Spear of Destiny and has been possessed by Satan\u2019s Son<\/a> and only John Constantine can stop Hell\u2019s invasion of Earth. Not gonna lie, I\u2019m a little afraid to turn around now, what if there\u2019s one behind me? Hang on, just going to check. <\/p> Sorry you got an email, <\/p> Chris<\/p>![\"File:Callinectes](\"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/c9edda8e-9afa-4588-a13a-26d5eaab2ea1_764x600.jpeg\")
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