pillar93 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) We were outside of school one day, & we found this crab. Can you please help us identify it? FYI: ~It was dead, with the insides hallow. ~We are not near any bodies of water. ~Found in Littlestown, PA (South Central PA) Edited September 11, 2009 by pillar93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillSwift Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 That appears to be a "Pebble Crab" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillar93 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 That appears to be a "Pebble Crab" If it is indeed this "Pebble Crab", how would we explain it being so far away from water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillSwift Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) If it is indeed this "Pebble Crab", how would we explain it being so far away from water? Bird, cat, dog, human... It's long dead, so who can say? I'm only going by shape and markings. Edited September 11, 2009 by JillSwift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 it does indeed appear to be a pebblecrab. many things eat crabs including birds which lift them up and drop em to get at they yumminess(to them) contained within. doing a bit of google earthin there are three bodies of water reasonably close. one by mcsherrystown/hanover and the other over by gettysburg. and another a raubenstine. it could have came from either of those, carried either by an animal or a human. heck, there's even a chance it walked there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 That is a marine crab, where ever it came from had to be salt water. If it was hollow it's good bet it was a hoax someone was trying to perpetrate. Not to mention that the pebble crab in the link is from Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 just ecause its hollowed out doesn't mean its a hoax, just means its been dead a while and its insides have rotted/been eaten. crabs aren't solid shells you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 just ecause its hollowed out doesn't mean its a hoax, just means its been dead a while and its insides have rotted/been eaten. crabs aren't solid shells you know. I am quite familiar with crabs, i live by the ocean and catch and eat them regularly. If that crab was hollow it would have come apart quite quickly unless it had been dried out to be preserved. Then the is the whole Australia problem, PA is a little too far away for the crab to have walked..... I still say human intervention of some kind resulted in that crab being where it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 i've found a few crab remenants in similar condition that were obviously left there by animals(teeth/claw marks ). i'm curious as to why you said hoax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 i've found a few crab remenants in similar condition that were obviously left there by animals(teeth/claw marks ). i'm curious as to why you said hoax? More than one reason to be sure, if it had been left by an animal it would have been unlikely in the extreme to be in one piece. Predators and scavengers have to dis-articulate a crab to eat it. A rotting crab under normal conditions falls apart quite quickly. The area the crab was found is very far from the ocean, the crab is not an amphibious species, this crab Persephona mediterranea is not found any where even close to Littlestown Pa. It often thrown up by storms On the beaches of the south east coast of the USA where i live. There is no way for this crab to have been found where it was by natural causes. Human intervention is necessary for it to be where it was found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animalia01 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 More than one reason to be sure, if it had been left by an animal it would have been unlikely in the extreme to be in one piece. Predators and scavengers have to dis-articulate a crab to eat it. A rotting crab under normal conditions falls apart quite quickly. The area the crab was found is very far from the ocean, the crab is not an amphibious species, this crab Persephona mediterranea is not found any where even close to Littlestown Pa. It often thrown up by storms On the beaches of the south east coast of the USA where i live. There is no way for this crab to have been found where it was by natural causes. Human intervention is necessary for it to be where it was found. If this is a hoax; what is your opinion on the crab then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 If this is a hoax; what is your opinion on the crab then. I'm not sure what you mean? I think someone put it there, either they accidentally dropped it or purposefully put it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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