crabs

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Hutchings uses scallops, large shrimp and fish fillets, but other options like oysters, lobster tails, crabs, mussels and clams are perfectly acceptable.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

"This fossil documents the Cambrian origin of chelicerates," noted Lerosey-Aubril, "and shows that the anatomical blueprint of spiders and horseshoe crabs was already emerging 500 million years ago."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

You can’t even hunt the massive coconut crabs because they are a protected species.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

They also found many arthropods -- a family that includes modern-day crabs and insects -- including spiny, stalk-eyed creatures called radiodonts which were the apex predator of the time.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Some men just ran over and placed big bronze sculptures of crabs at the four corners of the pedestal.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman