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With the Wild Things: Horseshoe Crabs

Two stone carbs on bottom, blue crab on right Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Two stone carbs on bottom, blue crab on right.

Horseshoe Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Horseshoe Crab.

Longhorn hermit crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Longhorn hermit crab.

Blue crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Blue crab.

Hermit crab and juvenile Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit crab and juvenile.

Ranger Wayne Valentine with hermit crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Wayne Valentine / hermit crab [illegible] B1d.

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Land crab burrows Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Land crab burrows.

Stone crab fishermen Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab fisherman.

Stone Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone Crab.

Spider Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Spider Crab.

Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service

Female Land Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Female Land Crab.

Land Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Land Crab.

Hermit crabs surrounding black box in undergrowth Everglades National Park; National Park Service On slide: S-3; 012

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Hermit crabs in small black box Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Hermit crabs in small box Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Hermit crab in box Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Close up of crab in rat trap Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Boiled crabs Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1992

Oysters and crabs in boat Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1980

Box of crabs Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1980

Sand crab Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1971

Bucket of crabs Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1981

Dead crab Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1983

Photographs Depicting fishing and fire, 1921-1926.

1926

Researchers measuring crab claws in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, May 1977 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Researchers measuring crab claws.

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1977-05

Trap for stone crab research, ENP research, Florida Bay, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

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1978-01

Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Blue crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Blue crab.

1978-01

Crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab research.

1978-01

Crab claw, stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab claw, stone crab.

1978-01

Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Don McArthur and Jim Chapman measuring cheliped on stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, ENP research, X-M stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab research.

1978-01

Hauling Stone Crab Trap, Florida Bay Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hauling Stone Crab Trap, Florida Bay.

1978-01

Crab research, stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab research, stone crab.

1978-01

Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, X-M stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Buoys on stone crab trap line for research Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Buoys on stone crab trap line for research.

1978-01

Buoy, crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Buoy, crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, X-M stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.