Where I work we get stuff sent to us for repair from all over the U.S.

Came in today and one if the jobs that came in over the weekend had a hitchhiker. A Little crab. Came up from Florida..... I think.... and I'm not really sure what to do with him.

I have a local wildlife rehab near me but pretty sure they won't take it so I'm kinda scratching my head a bit.

http://imgur.com/gallery/MjLvAwN

This message has been edited. Last edited by: PakRatJR,

LOL That was mentioned a couple times at work ao far.

It's a bit small and I kinda figured he endured enough with the trip up here he maybe deserves a chance lol

Zoo?

Just be glad you didn't get a case!

Does it look like this?

https://www.bing.com/images/se...jaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

If so....they are tiny (1" to 2" across) and taste like crap (from what I have heard).

I would probably send him on a one-way trip to the zoo (aka wastewater treatment plant).....God be with him.....

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Originally posted by architect:
Just be glad you didn't get a case!

LOL none of that here thankfully

I will have a chance to call some local animal places over lunch and see if they have any recommendations on who might take it. I did actually wonder for a bit if a local zoo would take it, maybe I will give them a shot as well.

Find salt water aquarium hobbyists in your area. They're out there. There are a few aquarium/fish supply stores in your area.

Try this...

https://www.bing.com/search?q=...4c70a3fedbb010701799

Looks like you have a company mascot

Thanks, I will do some browsing
Here is another picture. Still can't get it to imbed. It only about 2" ish across. Not verry big. Sitting in a coffee can.

http://imgur.com/gallery/VbLODNE

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Originally posted by rebut10:
Find salt water aquarium hobbyists in your area. They're out there. There are a few aquarium/fish supply stores in your area.

Try this...

https://www.bing.com/search?q=...4c70a3fedbb010701799

All joking aside, someone would probably love to him him for their tank.

He's kind of small, but looks to me like your standard gulf coast blue crab. I'm no expert, but what appears to me to be the same crab lives in saltwater, brackish water, and even fresh water.

Contacting aquarium people is probably good advice.

Thanks all.
Turns out one of the girls at work here does the aquarium thing. Her and her husband have several fresh and salt water tanks.
She will be taking it home and setting up a tank and give it a good pampered life lol

Resist the jokes about her having crabs now lest you are besieged by HR.

Make sure he isn't an air breather.

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
Resist the jokes about giving her having crabs now lest you are besieged by HR.

FIFY

tapas: croquetas de hivas

quote:

Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
Resist the jokes about her having crabs now lest you are besieged by HR.

LS1
LOL probably wouldn't go over well

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Originally posted by PakRatJR:
Thanks all.
Turns out one of the girls at work here does the aquarium thing. Her and her husband have several fresh and salt water tanks.
She will be taking it home and setting up a tank and give it a good pampered life lol

Hey, nice outcome. Thanks for the update. I was wondering how it turned out.

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Originally posted by honestlou:
He's kind of small, but looks to me like your standard gulf coast blue crab. I'm no expert, but what appears to me to be the same crab lives in saltwater, brackish water, and even fresh water.

Contacting aquarium people is probably good advice.

Blue crabs, even little ones, are narrower front-to-back relative to width than that, have longer, thinner looking claws, and the shell tapers to long points on each side.

Of the main species people eat, it could be a rock or stone crab, but it is hard to tell from the pictures and there are a whole bunch of small species of crabs that are not fished for/eaten that I don’t know very well.